Zippopotam postal codes

Places for a postal code in more than 60 countries.

What it gives you

Places for a postal code in more than 60 countries. For India the answer lists the post offices of the PIN code with their state.

Terms and limits

The service describes itself as a free API with a JSON response, open to crowdsourcing and contribution. We found no stated limits. Coverage and accuracy depend on contributors: for Indian PIN codes also compare with the India Post directory.

_Read on 14 November 2026 from zippopotam.us._

Good habits

1. Cache answers that do not change often.
2. Handle errors: the service may be busy or down.
3. Give credit where the terms ask for it.
4. Do not put secret keys into a web page: this API needs none, but many others do.

The same request in code

curl

curl -L "https://api.zippopotam.us/in/141001"

Python

import json, urllib.request

with urllib.request.urlopen("https://api.zippopotam.us/in/141001") as r:
    data = json.load(r)
print(data['country'])

JavaScript (browser or Node.js)

const res = await fetch("https://api.zippopotam.us/in/141001");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data.country);

A real answer

This is what the example request above returned when we called it on 14 November 2026 with the default values (it took about 0.3 s from our computer). Values such as times and temperatures change.

{
  "country": "India",
  "country abbreviation": "IN",
  "post code": "141001",
  "places": [
    {
      "place name": "Sat Sang Rd Ludhiana",
      "longitude": "75.85",
      "latitude": "30.9",
      "state": "Punjab",
      "state abbreviation": "PB"
    },
    {
      "place name": "Ludhiana",
      "longitude": "75.8444",
      "latitude": "30.8676",
      "state": "Punjab",
      "state abbreviation": "PB"
    },
    {
      "place name": "Ludhiana H O",
      "longitude": "75.85",
      "latitude": "30.9",
      "state": "Punjab",
      "state abbreviation": "PB"
    },
    {
      "place name": "Civil Lines",
      "longitude": "75.85",
      "latitude": "30.9",
      "state": "Punjab",
      "state abbreviation": "PB"
    },
    {
      "place name": "Ludhiana Kutchery",
      "longitude": "75.85",
      "latitude": "30.9",
      "state": "Punjab",
      "state abbreviation": "PB"
    },
    {
      "place name": "Ludhiana Bus Stand",
      "longitude": "75.85",
      "latitude": "30.9",
      "state": "Punjab",
      "state abbreviation": "PB"
    },
    {
      "place name": "Chander Nagar",
      "longitude": "75.85",
      "latitude": "30.9",
      "state": "Punjab",
      "state abbreviation": "PB"
    },
    {
      "place name": "Durga Puri",
      "longitude": "75.85",
      "latitude": "30.9",
      "state": "Punjab",
      "state abbreviation": "PB"
    },
    {
      "place name": "P & T Colony Ludhiana",
      "longitude": "75.85",
      "latitude": "30.9",
      "state": "Punjab",
      "state abbreviation": "PB"
    }
  ]
}

This is an independent directory. It is not connected with any of the services listed. Each address was called on 14 November 2026 with curl, Python, Node.js and Chrome (from a page on another site), and the answer shown is a real one. APIs change: check the service's own page before you depend on it.