​Digital Postal Index Number (DIGIPIN)

On 22nd July, 2024, the Department of Post, Ministry of Communications, Government of India, released a beta version of the National Addressing Grid - DIGIPIN (Digital Postal Index Number).

  • The Department has collaborated with IIT Hyderabad for developing this National Addressing Grid.

What is DIGIPIN?

  • DIGIPIN is visualised as an alpha numeric offline grid system that divides the geographical territory of India into uniform 4X 4 meter (approx.) units.
  • Each of these 4m X 4m units is assigned a unique 10-digit alphanumeric code, derived from the latitude and longitude coordinates of the unit.
  • This alphanumeric code will serve as the offline addressing ....

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