List of Postal Circle in Department of Posts

For providing postal services, the whole country has been divided into 23 postal circles. Each Circle is co-terminus with a State except for Gujarat Circle (which also administers the Union Territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli), Kerala Circle (which includes the Union Territory of Lakshadweep) , Maharashtra Circle (which has within its jurisdiction the State of Goa), North East Circle (which comprises six North Eastern States - Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland & Tripura), Punjab Circle (which has within its administrative jurisdiction, the Union Territory of Chandigarh), Tamil Nadu Circle (which also administers the Union Territory of Pondicherry) and West Bengal Circle (which also administers the state of Sikkim and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands). 

Each of these Circles is headed by a Chief Postmaster General. 

Each Circle is further divided into Regions comprising field units, called Divisions (Postal / RMS Divisions). Each Region is headed by a Postmaster General. In the Circles and Regions there are other functional units like Circle Stamp Depots, Postal Stores Depots and Mail Motor Service etc. 

Besides these 23 Circles, there is another Circle, called Base Circle, to cater to the postal communication needs of the Armed Forces. The Base Circle is headed by an Additional Director General, Army Postal Service in the rank of a Major General. 

The officer cadre of the Army Postal Service comprises officers on deputation from the Civil Posts. Seventy five percent of the other ranks of the Army Postal Service are also drawn from the Department of Posts and the remaining personnel are recruited by the Army.

 

Sl No	Postal Circle Name	Postal Headquarter	STD	Phone No	Official Email ID	Fax No
1	Andhra Pradesh	Vijayawada	0866	2429801	cpmg_apr@indiapost.gov.in	2499302
2	Assam	Guwahati	0361	2603636	cpmg_asm@indiapost.gov.in	2544838
3	Bihar	Patna	0612	2225051	cpmg_bhr@indiapost.gov.in	2230029
4	Chattisgarh	Raipur	0771	2233001	cpmg_chh@indiapost.gov.in	2233194
5	Delhi	New Delhi	011	23534394	cpmg_del@indiapost.gov.in	23627114
6	Gujarat	Ahmedabad	079	25503133	cpmg_guj@indiapost.gov.in	25505275
7	Haryana	Ambala	0171	2803100	cpmg_hry@indiapost.gov.in	2603763
8	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla	0177	2629000	cpmg_hpr@indiapost.gov.in	2620351
9	Jammu & Kashmir	Srinagar	0194	248300	cpmg_jnk@indiapost.gov.in	2452036
10	Jharkhand	Ranchi	0651	2482345	cpmg_jha@indiapost.gov.in	2480153
11	Karnataka	Bengaluru	080	22258832	cpmg_kar@indiapost.gov.in	22202607
12	Kerala	Trivandrum	0471	2308300	cpmg_ker@indiapost.gov.in	2306500
13	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	0755	2550838	cpmg_mp@indiapost.gov.in	2556547
14	Maharashtra	Mumbai	022	22620049	cpmg_mah@indiapost.gov.in	22620829
15	North East	Shillong	0364	2223800	cpmg_ne@indiapost.gov.in	2223034
16	Orissa	Bhubaneswar	0674	2392000	cpmg_ori@indiapost.gov.in	2394790
17	Punjab	Chandigarh	0172	2706700	cpmg_pun@indiapost.gov.in	2721670
18	Rajasthan	Jaipur	0141	2372020	cpmg_raj@indiapost.gov.in	2366151
19	Tamilnadu	Chennai	044	28520367	cpmg_tn@indiapost.gov.in	28521199
20	Telangana	Hyderabad	040	23463650	cpmg_tlg@indiapost.gov.in
21	Uttarakhand	Dehradun	0135	2658396	cpmg_utr@indiapost.gov.in	2650065
22	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow	0522	2622000	cpmg_up@indiapost.gov.in	2202531
23	West Bengal	Kolkata	033	23096080	cpmg_wb@indiapost.gov.in	22120811