India Post Offices in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

At the centre of postal operations here is the Prayagraj head office (PIN 211002), which oversees how letters and parcels move through the rest of the district. The full count comes to 442 post offices in Allahabad, sharing 79 PIN codes. Of those, two are head offices and 89 are sub offices; the rest, 351 in all, are branch offices, the small rural counters that make up nearly four-fifths of the network.

Coverage is reasonably even across the district’s administrative areas rather than piled into one corner. The city side around the Allahabad area holds the densest cluster, taking in town counters like Ahmadganj. Beyond the city, offices spread out toward Handia, Meja and Karchhana, with town counters at Baraut and Anapur and small village offices serving places such as Chandpur, Belsara, Bagbana and Chamarupur.

Sub offices and branch offices across these areas report up to the Prayagraj head office, which keeps routing tidy whether an item starts in the city or in an outlying village. If you want to drill into one area, the Allahabad taluka directory and the Handia area listings lay out the offices one by one. The Uttar Pradesh post office hub gives the bigger state-wide view.

A practical note for the rural stretches: village branch offices usually run short, single-counter hours, often staffed by one person handling everything, so it’s safer to post in the morning than to risk a late visit. Many counters here open around the late morning, and the closing times shift from place to place rather than following one fixed pattern. When an address has you guessing the code, the PIN code finder covers the whole range, from 211001 across the city to 211006 and well beyond.

If you mail in volume, say a small business sending dispatches week after week, the larger sub and head offices in Allahabad handle Business and bulk Speed Post, which works out cheaper per item than booking singly. Check a likely cost first on the Speed Post rate calculator. Sending elsewhere in the state? The Agra district directory is another district in Uttar Pradesh worth a look. Once you’ve booked, come back and track your Speed Post or parcel with the consignment number.