# India Data Gateway — Pincode Lookup

> India Data Gateway — Pincode Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from gateway.hillguava.xyz, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Looks up Indian postal pincode details including state, district, and post office count for a given 6-digit pincode

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://gateway.hillguava.xyz/verify/pincode/%7Bpincode%7D
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/india-data-gateway-pincode-lookup-4a6efca2
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_LtJkV7fojMzXUWeFjNMwb

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability india-data-gateway-pincode-lookup-4a6efca2
```

Example prompt: What state and district does Indian pincode 110001 belong to, and how many post offices are there?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to validate or enrich an Indian postal pincode with geographic metadata (state, district, post office count) without requiring an API key. Ideal for address verification, logistics, onboarding forms, or any workflow where you need to resolve an Indian pincode to its location. Prefer this over generic geocoding APIs when the input is specifically an Indian 6-digit postal code and the output needed is district/state-level data.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent pincode returns an error or empty result
- Malformed pincode (not 6 digits) may return 400 or validation error
- Payment failure via x402 if insufficient USDC on Base
- Network timeout if gateway is unavailable

## How this service works

The India data layer for AI agents. Pay only for the calls you make — no API keys, no accounts, no minimums, no rate limits. One x402 origin covering Indian weather (forecasts, monsoon), markets (stocks, indices, F&O with Black-Scholes Greeks, historical, mutual funds), RBI macro, identity/format verification (IFSC, pincode, GSTIN), NSE market holidays, panchang (Hindu almanac), and live cricket scores. Settle per call in USDC on Base.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the pincode's state, district name, the pincode itself, and the number of post offices (office_count) in that area. Example: {state: 'Delhi', pincode: '110001', district: 'Central Delhi', office_count: 14}.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "state": "Delhi",
  "pincode": "110001",
  "district": "Central Delhi",
  "office_count": 14
 }
}
```

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