India Post Offices in Tambaram, Kancheepuram

Tambaram is an urban taluka on the southern side of Chennai, and its postal map looks nothing like a rural one. Of its 57 post offices, 43 are sub offices and only 12 are branch offices, which is the reverse of what you find out in the villages. Two head offices sit at the top of the structure, with the St Thomas Mount head office on PIN 600016 doing much of the sorting for the surrounding localities.

Because almost every office here is a sub office, counter service is fuller across the board. Speed Post and parcel booking is available widely, from Alandur and Adambakkam to Chitlapakkam, and the offices near Chennai Airport handle a steady flow of urban dispatch. The few branch offices cover the older village pockets such as Perungalathur and Kadaperi that have since folded into the city.

PIN coverage is unusually dense, with 28 codes packed into the taluka. Frequently used ones include 600016, 600041, 600043, 600044 and 600045, and in a built-up area like this the right code can change from one street block to the next. The PIN code finder is the fastest way to pin down the exact one before you send anything.

Sub offices keep regular counter hours, so you have more flexibility on timing than in a rural taluka. To check Speed Post or parcel charges, the postage calculator works them out by weight and zone. You can browse the full set of post offices in Tambaram on the Kancheepuram district hub, with a separate listing for Chengalpattu. Once your item is booked, track it on our home page using the consignment number.