India Post Courier Tracking

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Ways to track India Post Courier

• ✓Track by the consignment or article number — the 13-character code printed on the receipt the post office gave you. Type it into the box above.
• ✓Track by SMS if you have no internet: send POST TRACK followed by your 13-character article number to 166 or 51969, and India Post replies with the latest status.
• ✓Track on the India Post website or the Post Info app using the same consignment number.
• ✓If a passport, document or parcel was booked for you, use the consignment number that was sent to you by SMS at dispatch.

How to track your India Post Courier shipment

1. Find your consignment number. It is the 13-character code printed on the receipt the post office gave you at booking, or sent to you by SMS.
2. Enter that number in the tracking box above and press track.
3. Check the status to see where your India Post item has reached and the expected delivery date.

Overview

About India Post Courier

How your India Post Courier shipment reaches you

1. 1

   Booked and picked up

   Your parcel is booked with India Post Courier and gets its tracking number the moment it's handed over, so everything that happens next links back to that one number.

2. 2

   Scanned into the network

   Staff scan the parcel at the first office, which marks it as accepted and posts the first live update online so you can see the trip has actually started.

3. 3

   Sorted at the origin hub

   At the nearest sorting hub it's grouped with other parcels going the same way, then pointed towards the city or town written on your address label.

4. 4

   Carried between cities

   Now the parcel moves between hubs by road, rail or air, and this long stretch is usually where India Post Courier courier tracking shows the most movement.

5. 5

   Reaches your local hub

   Once it lands at the delivery hub closest to you, a postman or rider takes charge of it and the status switches to out for delivery for that day.

6. 6

   Delivered to you

   The delivery agent brings it to your door, and once you've taken it the status flips to delivered, leaving you a clear record that it arrived.

Reference

India Post Courier tracking status meanings

Item Booked

The article was accepted at the booking post office and a consignment / article number was generated for it.

Item Bagged

The item has been sorted and bagged at the office, ready to be sent onward to the next hub or mail centre.

Item Dispatched

The article (or its bag) has left the office and is in transit toward the destination city.

Item Received

The item reached a transit or destination sorting office along its route and was scanned in.

Out for Delivery

The article has been handed to the postman / delivery staff and is on its way to the address today.

Item Delivered

The article has been delivered to the addressee or an authorised person; the entry shows the delivery date and time.

Undelivered / Item Returned

Delivery could not be completed (addressee unavailable or an address issue); the item is held for redelivery or returned to the sender.

India Post Courier delivery time estimates

How long an India Post parcel or letter takes depends mostly on the route and the service you pick. Speed Post is the quick, time-bound option; ordinary and Registered Post move more slowly. The ranges below are rough guides, not promises.

These are typical estimates and they vary with the service (Speed Post is faster than ordinary or Registered Post), the distance, and the load during festivals and holidays. For a firm timeline on your route, ask your local post office.

What affects India Post Courier charges?

There is no single fixed price for sending something by India Post, so India Post Courier courier tracking won't show you a postage figure. The cost is worked out at the counter from the weight and where it is going. Weigh your item and ask the branch for a quote before you book.

Rates change by service, weight slab and time, and India Post revises its postage from time to time. This is a guide to what affects the cost, not an official price list, so check the current rate at the counter.

India Post Courier branch network - by state

India Post Courier has 1,63,175 offices across 36 states - one local branch from each state is shown below.

Common tracking problems

Number shows nothing right after booking

Wait a few hours. The first scan only shows up once the booking post office has bagged your item and sent it on, so a fresh consignment number often looks blank to begin with. Check again later the same day.

It says the number is not found

Type it in again, slowly. An India Post number is 13 characters: two letters, then nine digits, then IN. A 1 and an I look alike. And use the consignment number from the receipt, not an order or reference number.

Status has not moved for days

On a long route, a quiet gap between scans is normal. Weekends and holidays slow things too. But if nothing shifts for several days, ring the booking post office or customer care, give them the consignment number, and ask them to look into it.

Out for delivery but nobody came

Maybe the postman could not reach you, or the round ended before your street. Usually it goes out again the next working day. If it shows as undelivered, call your local delivery post office to fix a redelivery or pick it up yourself.

It says delivered but I have nothing

Ask around first. The postman may have left it with a neighbour, a family member, or the building watchman. Check any safe corner near your gate too. Still nothing? Call your local post office with the consignment number and the delivery time shown.

Wrong address or item held at branch

When the address is patchy, the item often waits at the delivery post office or heads back to the sender. India Post Courier courier tracking will flag this. Get on to that post office quickly to correct the address or collect it before it returns.

India Post Courier tracking: common questions