PIN code finder for India: by place, by location and by distance
This PIN code finder looks up any Indian PIN code and tells you its district, state and post offices, and works the other way round too: type a post office, locality or district name and see the matching PIN codes. A distance mode measures the straight-line distance between two PIN codes — and, when you press a button, the road distance and driving time between them — and Near me lists the PIN code areas closest to where you are, which answers “pincode of my location” searches.
It uses the post office directory that the Department of Posts publishes on the Open Government Data platform: 165,627 post offices, condensed into 19,586 PIN codes. Nothing is looked up on a server: the data is downloaded once to your browser and searched there, and your location, if you share it, is not sent anywhere. It is a reference and a planning aid, not an official India Post service.
How to use the PIN Code Finder & Distance (India)
- Choose Look up a PIN, Search by place, Distance or Near me.
- For a PIN, type the six digits. For a place, type the post office, locality or district, then press a result to open its PIN code.
- For distance, type the “from” and “to” PIN codes, or press one of the “From Delhi” buttons; press Get road distance for the distance by road.
- For Near me, press Use my location and allow the browser to share your position.
- Copy the result if you want to paste it into a form or a message.
PIN Code Finder & Distance (India) features
Both directions
From a PIN to its area and post offices, and from a place name to its PIN codes.
Straight-line and road distance
Kilometres and miles between two PIN code areas, plus the road route and drive time on request.
Nearest PINs
Your position matched against 19,550 PIN area centres, with the closest eight listed.
Loaded when needed
The directory is fetched only when you search, then cached by the browser.
How the PIN code is organised and how distance is worked out
An Indian PIN code has six digits. The first digit is the postal zone (for example 1 for Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and neighbours, 4 for Maharashtra and Gujarat, 5 for the Telugu states and Karnataka, 6 for Tamil Nadu and Kerala, 7 for the east and 8 for Bihar and Jharkhand). The first two digits narrow it to a sub-zone, the first three to a sorting district, and the last three identify the delivery post office.
For distance, each PIN is placed at the median of the latitude and longitude of its post offices, and the haversine formula gives the great-circle distance on a sphere of radius 6,371 km. New Delhi (110001) to Mumbai (400001) comes out near 1,165 km in a straight line; the road is longer. The distance is useful for rough zones and quick checks, not for pricing freight: use the shipping cost calculator or the distance calculator when you need route-based figures.
| First digit | Postal zone (broadly) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand |
| 3 | Rajasthan, Gujarat |
| 4 | Maharashtra, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh |
| 5 | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka |
| 6 | Tamil Nadu, Kerala |
| 7 | West Bengal, Odisha and the north-east |
| 8 | Bihar, Jharkhand |
Data, accuracy and limits
- Data: All India Pincode Directory, Department of Posts, via data.gov.in under GODL-India, updated 3 October 2025. New and changed PIN codes after that date are not included.
- Some post office coordinates in the source are approximate, and 36 PIN codes have none, so the area centre and the distances are rough; a few may be tens of kilometres off.
- The place search matches post office and district names only, not street names, house numbers or colony names that are not post offices.
- To check bank branches use the IFSC code finder; for tax-office codes and invoices see the GSTIN validator.
PIN Code Finder & Distance (India) FAQ
How do I find the PIN code of my area?
Choose Search by place and type your post office, locality or district name, or press Near me to find the PIN code areas closest to your position.
How do I find the pincode of my location?
Use the Near me mode, press Use my location and allow your browser to share it. The closest PIN area centres are listed. Check against your postal address, because PIN boundaries are irregular.
How do I find the distance between two PIN codes?
Choose Distance and enter both PIN codes. The tool shows the straight-line distance in kilometres and miles between the two area centres.
Is the distance the driving distance?
The main figure is the straight-line (great-circle) distance. Press Get road distance for the quickest road route between the two area centres on OpenStreetMap data, with a free-flow driving time. Pairs more than 1,500 km apart in a straight line get a marked estimate (straight line × 1.3) instead.
What is the distance from Delhi to Jaipur?
In Distance mode press the Jaipur button: New Delhi (110001) to Jaipur (302001) is about 234 km in a straight line, and Get road distance adds the road route and driving time. For any two cities or addresses, use the road distance calculator.
Where does the data come from?
The Department of Posts’ All India Pincode Directory on data.gov.in, published under the Government Open Data License – India and last updated on 3 October 2025.
Does it work offline or send my location anywhere?
The directory is downloaded once and then searched in your browser. Your location, if you share it, is used only in the page and is not sent to any server.
Is this an official India Post tool?
No. It is an independent reference built on public data. For delivery or a legal address, confirm the PIN with India Post.