India Post Offices in Punch, Jammu and Kashmir

Up in the hilly border country of Jammu and Kashmir, Punch district is covered by 71 India Post offices working across 12 PIN codes. There is no head post office within the district, so the mail here is collected and routed through the Rajouri head office, which links Punch to the wider postal grid. The network breaks down into 6 sub post offices and 65 branch offices, meaning the vast majority of counters are small village offices tucked into the surrounding terrain.

Coverage is fairly evenly shared across several areas rather than concentrated in one place. Offices group around Mankote, Balakote and the Mendhar and Manjakote belts, with the Poonch town office running on 185101 and Mandi on 185102. Smaller settlements such as Samote, Sathra and Fatehpur sit further out, often a fair distance from the nearest road head. Because the district spreads across five separate areas, the Jammu and Kashmir post office hub is a useful starting point if you are not sure which part of Punch your delivery falls in.

With so many of the post offices in Punch being branch offices in upland villages, opening hours tend to be short and weather can affect them. If you are posting from a village office near Arai or Dhargloon, try to reach the counter in the morning rather than risk a closed shutter later in the day. Snow and rough roads can hold up collection in winter, so an early visit gives your item the best chance of moving the same day. The sub offices in the larger towns handle a fuller set of services.

For urgent items, Speed Post and parcel booking happens at the sub offices, and you can work out the likely cost on our Speed Post rate calculator first. Not sure which 185-series code applies to your village? The PIN code finder will tell you, and you can also browse the Anantnag post office directory, another district in Jammu and Kashmir. After booking, track your speed post here to watch its progress.