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Start with the person

Use the recipient name they recognise. Add a department or care-of line only when useful.

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Identify the premises

Write the flat, house, building, shop or office number before the wider locality.

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Add street or village

Use the local road, street, village, sector or mohalla name people actually use.

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Name the delivery office

For many addresses, the correct delivery post office is a critical routing clue.

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Keep district visible

Repeated place names make district information valuable even when a PIN is present.

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Write the full state

Avoid an invented abbreviation when the full state name fits.

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Finish with verified PIN

Check the six digits and post office together on the official India Post service.

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Read bottom to top

PIN and state, district, locality, premises, person: every layer should lead inward.

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