# India PIN Code Lookup (Department of Posts)

> India PIN Code Lookup (Department of Posts) is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns post offices, district, and state information for a given 6-digit Indian PIN code using Department of Posts data.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clonecho.builda.company/x402/s/india-pincode-lookup
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/india-pin-code-lookup-department-of-posts-f456a2ce
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_loJQZJdvB0umvWeGy81dz

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-pin-code-lookup-department-of-posts-f456a2ce -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What district and state is PIN code 560001 in, and which post offices are listed under it?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to validate or resolve an Indian 6-digit PIN code to its associated post offices, district, and state — especially when working with Indian address data, logistics, or user location enrichment. Prefer this over general geocoding APIs when you specifically need Department of Posts canonical postal data for India.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent PIN code returns empty results or error
- Malformed PIN code (not 6 digits) may return 400 or empty response
- PIN code outside India returns no results
- Network or payment failure returns 402 or 5xx

## How this service works

India (Department of Posts data): post offices, district and state for a 6-digit PIN code. Query: ?q= Returns JSON.

## Output

A JSON object containing one or more post offices associated with the queried 6-digit Indian PIN code, along with their district and state as recorded by the India Department of Posts.

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