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/ Address::PostCode::India

NAME

Address::PostCode::India - Interface to the India PinCode.

VERSION

Version 0.07

DESCRIPTION

The API service is provided by website.

A Postal Index Number or PIN or Pincode is the post office numbering or post code system used by India Post, the Indian postal administration. The code is 6 digits long. The PIN was introduced on 15 August 1972.

There are nine PIN zones in India,including eight regional zones & one functional zone (Indian Army). The first digit of the PIN code indicates the region. The second digit indicates the sub-region, and the third digit indicates the sorting district within the region.The final three digits are assigned to individual post offices.

+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| First 2/3 Digits of PIN | Postal Circle                                   |
+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 11                      | Delhi                                           |
| 12 and 13               | Haryana                                         |
| 14 to 15                | Punjab                                          |
| 16                      | Chandigarh                                      |
| 17                      | Himachal Pradesh                                |
| 18 to 19                | Jammu and Kashmir                               |
| 20 to 28                | Uttar Pradesh/Uttrakhand                        |
| 30 to 34                | Rajasthan                                       |
| 36 to 39                | Gujarat                                         |
| 40                      | Goa                                             |
| 40 to 44                | Maharashtra                                     |
| 45 to 48                | Madhya Pradesh                                  |
| 49                      | Chhattisgarh                                    |
| 50 to 53                | Andhra Pradesh                                  |
| 56 to 59                | Karnataka                                       |
| 60 to 64                | Tamil Nadu                                      |
| 67 to 69                | Kerala                                          |
| 682                     | Lakshadweep (Islands)                           |
| 70 to 74                | West Bengal                                     |
| 744                     | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                     |
| 75 to 77                | Odisha                                          |
| 78                      | Assam                                           |
| 79                      | Arunachal Pradesh                               |
| 793, 794, 783123        | Meghalaya                                       |
| 795                     | Manipur                                         |
| 796                     | Mizoram                                         |
| 799                     | Tripura                                         |
| 80 to 85                | Bihar and Jharkhand                             |
+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+

METHODS

details($pin_code)

It returns an object of type Address::PostCode::India::Place on success. The only parameter requires is the 6-digits pin code.

use strict; use warnings;
use Address::PostCode::India;

my $address  = Address::PostCode::India->new;
my $pin_code = 832110;
my $place    = $address->details($pin_code);

print "City    : ", $place->city,     "\n";
print "District: ", $place->district, "\n";
print "State   : ", $place->state,    "\n";

AUTHOR

Mohammad S Anwar, <mohammad.anwar at yahoo.com>

REPOSITORY

https://github.com/Manwar/Address-PostCode-India

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-address-postcode-india at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Address-PostCode-India. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc Address::PostCode::India

You can also look for information at:

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2014 - 2015 Mohammad S Anwar.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and / or modify it under the terms of the the Artistic License (2.0). You may obtain a copy of the full license at:

http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0

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