Number
|
Region
|
States Covered
|
1
|
Northern
|
Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir
|
2
|
Northern
|
Northern Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal
|
3
|
Western
|
Western Rajasthan and Gujarat
|
4
|
Western
|
Western Chattisgarh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
|
5
|
Southern
|
Southern Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
|
6
|
Southern
|
Southern Kerala and Tamil Nadu
|
7
|
Eastern
|
Eastern West Bengal, Orissa and North Eastern
|
8
|
Eastern
|
Eastern Bihar & Jharkhand
|
9
|
Army Post office(APO) and Field Post office(FPO)
|
First 2/3 Digits of PIN
|
Circle
|
11
|
Delhi
|
12 and 13
|
Haryana
|
14 to 16
|
Punjab
|
17
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
18 to 19
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
20 to 28
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
30 to 34
|
Rajasthan
|
36 to 39
|
Gujarat
|
40 to 44
|
Maharashtra
|
45 to 48
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
49
|
Chattisgarh
|
50 to 53
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
56 to 59
|
Karnataka
|
60 to 64
|
Tamil Nadu
|
67 to 69
|
Kerala
|
682
|
Lakshadweep (Islands)
|
70 to 74
|
West Bengal
|
744
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
75 to 77
|
Orissa
|
78
|
Assam
|
79
|
North Eastern
|
793, 794, 783123
|
Meghalaya
|
795
|
Manipur
|
796
|
Mizoram
|
799
|
Tripura
|
80 to 85
|
Bihar
|
The PIN code for the Press Information Bureau in Madurai is 625 020. Here the first digit 6 again stands for the PIN zone – Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry and Kerala. The next two digits – 25 – represent the District of Madurai, while the two final digits -20 - together represents the post office of Gandhi nagar, the delivery post office for PIB, Madurai!Source - The Pincode – The “Steering Wheel” of a Letter by Dr. K. Parameswaran. Image from Wikipedia.
Here it is also important to note that the number given to the Gandhi nagar post office in the city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu is unique. No other post office in India will have this number. A check with the post PIN code directory will reveal that the delivery post offices in Mathura – the holy city in Uttar Pradesh (UP) – with which the temple city of Madurai is likely to be confused has a completely different PIN code – 281 001. Two stands for the PIN zone consisting of UP and Uttarkhand; 81 represents the district of Mathura while 001 stands fro Mathura Head Post office.