Indian postal code (PIN code)
ID in_postcode
Pattern of postindexPersonal data (PII)categoricalDraft
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Postal Index Number (PIN code) in India: six digits, sometimes with a space after the third. The first digit is a postal zone: 1 to 8 for regions of India, 9 for the Army Postal Service.
- Pattern of
- Postal code/index
postindex - Categories
- Geographic identifiers, Personally identifiable information, Common
- Countries
- India
- Languages
- English, Hindi
- FTA
POSTAL_CODE.POSTAL_CODE_IN- Quality
- 100/100
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- FTA (Fast Text Analysis)
Regular expression
^[1-9]\d{2} ?\d{3}$
Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 110001 | New Delhi |
| 400001 | Mumbai |
| 560 001 | Bengaluru |
| 056001 invalid |
Translations
| Language | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | Почтовый индекс Индии (PIN) |
Sources
- wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Index_Number
- other: https://github.com/tsegall/fta/blob/main/SemanticTypes.md
Use this record
- Page URL:
http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/in_postcode - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/IN/geo/in_postcode.yamlon GitHub