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==PIN==
{{main|Postal Index Number}}
[[File:Post Box of India.jpg|thumb|150px|A Post Box of India Post]]
[[File:India Post Payments Bank 2017 stamp.jpg|thumb|150px|A special stamp released on [[India Post Payments Bank]] in 2017.]]
The [[Postal Index Number]] (PIN, or sometimes [[RAS syndrome|redundantly]] PIN code) is a six-digit [[postal code]]. The PIN system was made by Shriram Bhikaji Velankar when he was at service in Kolkata. It was introduced on 15 August 1972 by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. There are nine postal zones in the country; the first eight are geographical regions, and the ninth is reserved for the [[Army Postal Service (India)|Army Postal Service]] (APS905898).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.business-standard.com/about/what-is-pin-code |title=What is a PIN code? |website=business-standard.com |publisher=Business Standard |access-date= 11 July 2022 |quote=There are nine postal zones in India, including eight geographical region zones and one for the Indian Army. }}</ref>

The PIN system is organised in the following way:

* The first digit indicates the zone. 
* The first two digits indicate the sub-zone (or postal circle). 
* The first three digits indicate a sorting district. 
* The first four digits indicate a service route.
* The last two digits indicate the delivery post office.

The PIN for an address may be found on the Postal Service website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiapost.gov.in/pin/pinsearch.aspx |title=Welcome to the Indiapost Website |publisher=Indiapost.gov.in |access-date=4 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520133707/http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Pin/pinsearch.aspx |archive-date=20 May 2012}}</ref> There are total of 19,101 PINs covering 154,725 post offices in India, with the exception of the Army Postal Service, {{As of|2014|alt=as of}} 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://infoknown.com/pincode/blogroll/6/Do-you-know-the-total-number-of-PIN-Codes-in-INDIA|title=Do you know the total number of PIN Codes in INDIA ?|publisher=infoknown.com|access-date=27 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527213438/http://infoknown.com/pincode/blogroll/6/Do-you-know-the-total-number-of-PIN-Codes-in-INDIA|archive-date=27 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://infoknown.com/pincode/blogroll/19/Do-you-know-the-total-number-of-POST-Offices-in-INDIA|title=Do you know the total number of POST Offices in INDIA?|publisher=infoknown.com|access-date=27 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527213437/http://infoknown.com/pincode/blogroll/19/Do-you-know-the-total-number-of-POST-Offices-in-INDIA|archive-date=27 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>