India Post Offices in Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir

Tucked into the central Kashmir valley just west of the main city, Badgam is served by a network built mainly for its villages. India Post runs 67 offices across 10 pincodes here, and the shape is clear once you look at the numbers: 63 small branch offices doing the local delivery, with 4 sub offices behind them. The district does not have a head office of its own, so heavier mail is routed through the Srinagar head office before it moves onward.

The offices are spread across several areas rather than bunched in one place. Chadoora carries the most, followed by Keller, with Rajpora and the Pulwama-side pockets adding the rest of the count. The main counters sit at Budgam on pincode 191111 and at Chrar Sharif (191112), a town many people know for its shrine, while Chadoora itself works on 191113. Branch offices reach further out to villages such as Beerwah, Chattergam, Arigam and Karimabad, several of them up the slopes where roads narrow in bad weather. To match a hamlet to its code before you post, the Badgam pincode finder is the easy way.

Winters and snow can make the smaller offices unpredictable, and many branch counters keep short hours anyway, so plan to post earlier in the day rather than late afternoon. The sub offices in the bigger towns are the safer bet when you need the full range of services.

For traders and anyone sending in volume, the post offices in Badgam handle business and bulk Speed Post, which beats booking each item separately; the Keller area offices cover the Chrar Sharif side. Work out postage on the Speed Post calculator, browse the Jammu and Kashmir post office directory, or see another district in the state via the Anantnag directory. After booking, track your Speed Post here.