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India address format & examples

How to write an Indian address

Namaste and Shukriya (thank you) for coming to the ultimate guide for India’s address format. We know you’ve been searching for it. Grab your spicy curry and settle in. Enjoy browsing Indian address format examples here and try out our suite of address validation tools for addresses in India below. Just enter an address, and we'll format, standardize, and validate the address while you do some yoga.

Let’s explore India’s address format in parts. The Indian address format for shipping or mailing addresses should be written as follows:

  1. Addressee line - The recipient's full name, using appropriate titles (Mr., Mrs., Miss, Dr., etc.).
  2. House or building number and street name - The building or house number should be written, followed by the street name. Leave out any separating commas or punctuation.
  3. Dependant locality - This get a line all to itself
  4. Double-dependent locality and postal code - If applicable, include the double-dependent locality here, followed by the postal code. Don’t include pesky commas here to separate the two.
  5. Country - Write "IND" in all caps on the last line.
India address example

India address examples

Typical address example

4-158/9 5th Cross Road

Sainikpuri

Secunderabad 500094

IND

Address example with units

44/1

Bharat Apartment

4C 5th Main Road

Jayanagar

Bangalore 560041

IND

Postal box example

Connaught House

Middle Circle

PO Box 7890

Connaught House

New Delhi 110001

IND

Smarty address validation tools

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Use the Single Address Verification Tool to verify and format 1 address at a time, the Bulk Address Validation Tool to verify and format a list addresses simultaneously, or use the International Street Address API to integrate address validation and formatting programmatically into your software systems and workflows.
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Postal information

India's national postal system, "India Post," was established in 1766. As of recent data, India Post services approximately 71,540 addresses, reflecting its extensive reach throughout India. The organization manages a substantial network, indicative of its role as a major postal service provider in the region.
Administrative area types and count
28 states and 8 union territories
Administration area names and abbreviations

Andhra Pradesh - AP

Arunachal Pradesh - AR

Assam - AS

Bihar - BR

Chhattisgarh - CG

Goa - GA

Gujarat - GJ

Haryana - HR

Himachal Pradesh - HP

Jharkhand - JH

Karnataka - KA

Kerala - KL

Madhya Pradesh - MP

Maharashtra - MH

Manipur - MN

Meghalaya - ML

Mizoram - MZ

Nagaland - NL

Odisha - OD

Punjab - PB

Rajasthan - RJ

Sikkim - SK

Tamil Nadu - TN

Telangana - TS

Tripura - TR

Uttar Pradesh - UP

Uttarakhand - UK

West Bengal - WB

Andaman and Nicobar Islands - AN

Chandigarh - CH

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu - DN

Lakshadweep - LD

Delhi - DL

Puducherry - PY

Jammu and Kashmir - JK

Ladakh - LA

Term to describe postal codes
pin code
Postal code in language
pin code
Postal code format
999999
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Country information

You may want to hire a henna artist and settle in because we’ll get even more technical with India’s address formats.

Country/territory name
India
ISO3
IND
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
IN
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code
IND
ISO 3166-1 numeric country code
356
Endonym
भारत (Bhārat)
Total land area
3,287,263 KM²
Capital
New Delhi
Other major cities
Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore

Population information

Total population
1,428,627,663 (2023)
Urban / rural distribution
34% / 66%
Urban population
485,733,405
Rural population
942,894,258
Official language
Hindi, English
All languages spoken
Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Urdu
Most commonly used postal language
English, Hindi
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