Pincode of Kollam Cantonment Kollam Post office

What is a Pincode for Kollam Cantonment?

Kollam Cantonment Pincode is 691001. Kollam Cantonment is located in Kollam district of KERALA. Postal Index Number Code (Pincode) is a numbering system used by indian Postal service, a Government of India agency to identify a post office. Kollam Cantonment Post Office Type is S.O. More details about this post Office are given below.

PINCODE :- 691001
Post Office / Office type / Delivery status : Kollam Cantonment (S.O) Non-Delivery
Taluka / District / State : Kollam, Kollam, KERALA
Tel. : 0474-2748995
Suboffice : NA
Headoffice : Kollam H.O
Circle Name : Kerala Circle
Region Name : NA
Division Name : Quilon Division


4 Post Offices with Same Pin Code 691001 in Kollam

Here is the list of 4 Post offices in Kollam District having same pin code 691001. To reach any of that post office, find the address and other details by clicking on the link provided in the table.

Sr.Post OfficeofficeTypeTaluka
1 Kollam BazarS.OKollam
2 Kollam CantonmentS.OKollam
3 KollamH.OKollam
4 Kollam Taluk CutcheryS.OKollam

691001 Pincode Format.

PINCODE
6 9 1 0 0 1
ZONE SUBZONE District ZONE post office

The Pincode is 691001.

1st digit show the Zone.

2nd digit show the SUBZONE.

3rd character is ZONE District

And the last three characters reflect the Code of post office.

1st Digit of PINCode (PIN Code Prefix) Zone
 1 (11) - Delhi,(12 - 13) Haryana,(14 - 16) Punjab,(17) Himachal Pradesh,(18 - 19) Jammu & Kashmir
2 (20 - 28) Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
3 (36 - 39) Gujarat, (30 - 34) Rajasthan, (396 or 362) DAMAN AND DIU, (396) DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI
4 (403) Goa, (40 - 44) Maharashtra, (49) Chattisgarh, (45 - 48) Madhya Pradesh
5 (51 - 53) Andhra Pradesh, (50)Telangana (56 - 59) Karnataka
6 (60 - 64) Tamil Nadu, (609) PONDICHERRY, (67 - 69) Kerala, (682) Lakshadweep
7 (70 - 74) West Bengal (744) Andaman & Nicobar (75 - 77) Odisha (78) Assam (79) Arunachal Pradesh (79) Manipur (79) Meghalaya (79) Mizoram (79) Nagaland (79) Tripura
8 (80 - 85) Bihar(80 - 83, 92) Jharkhand
9 (99)Army Post Office, Field Post Office

The Indian postal system is the most distributed in the world. Warren Hastings launched the first postal service in India. The service was created for the East India Company under the name 'Company Mail'. In 1837, regular post offices were started in India under the Post Office Act. The world's highest post office in India is in Hikkim, Himachal Pradesh. The Mumbai GPO (1 lakh sq ft) is the largest post office in India. There are 23 postal circles in the country. Which is operated by the Chief Postmaster General. These circles are divided into divisions. These divisions are Subdivisions.

What does the post office do?

  • Delivering letters, parcel all over India
  • Remittance money by money order, emo and imo
  • accepting deposits under various types of Savings Schemes
  • Nowadays post office provided passport services, Postal Life Insurance, aadhaar card update center.

691001 contains an 6 digit code. This code helps to find the details of Kollam Cantonment post office in India. a Government of India agency can easily identify Kollam Cantonment post office.