The largest postal service in India is India Post Office. There are 155, 333 offices of India Post Department in the country. It is a government body of the Postal Department of India. This Indian Postal Department is the greatest postal system in the world.

The Postal Office if India has a different and unique number of six digits. This number is the PIN Code that the public should mention before posting anything. The PIN Codes are specific as each area, circle and the post office has its own PIN Code. The six-digit number includes the identities for the Circle, Area and the Post office number. The digit at first place is for Circle, at the second two places is for the area and the left digits tell the post office belongs to the area. In this way, these PIN Codes help the postal services to deliver the posts easily at accurate addresses anywhere in the country.

The postal department has a large number of postage stamps issued since India got independence. The first stamp was carrying the National Flag symbol with Jai Hind as a slogan. The other stamps include one having a Mahatma Gandhi picture and various religious images. The inscription for the Indian postage stamp is ‘Bharat India'. India has also issued some postage stamps for the neighbouring countries like Bhutan, Nepal, Burma, Portugal, Ethiopia and Bangladesh. Nowadays, all these stamps are in printed form. In most of the posts, it is compulsory to have a stamp. Each Indian postage stamp has a fixed value.

The India Post Office provides all kinds of national and international postal services. The Speed Post, Registered Post for international deliveries, Media Post, Business Post, Logistics Post, Direct Post and Parcels are the services of postal department. Apart from these services, some non-postal services are also available like International Money Transfer, Postal Life Insurance, Instant Money Order Service, e-Payment and other financial services. These postal services provide accurate delivery of the parcels, posts and money at possible time. The Indian Post is also revising some of the services to enhance the capability of the postal orders. All the transmissions take place in the vehicles like train, air and roads. Around eighty-nine functioning hubs work for the entire transmissions take place in the country.

You can also access the information about the India Post Office on the official website. Some personalized services are also available on demand. The Postal department of India has a unique service network all over the country.