Chennai is Taluka (Tehsil) in Chennai district of Tamil Nadu state. Chennai has 30 areas (postal offices).
Chennai /ˈtʃɛnnaɪ/ (formerly known as Madras /məˈdrɑːs/ or /-ˈdræs/) is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal, it is a major cultural, economic and educational centre. Chennai is known as the "Detroit of India" for its automobile industry. It is the fourth-largest city and fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the country and 36th-largest urban area in the world.
The city is host to the third-largest expatriate population in India after Mumbai and Delhi, with 35,000 in 2009 and steadily climbing to 82,790, in 2011. Tourism guide publisher Lonely Planet named Chennai as one of the top ten cities in the world to visit in 2015. Chennai is ranked as a beta-level city in the Global Cities Index and was ranked the best city in India by India Today in the 2014 annual Indian city survey. Chennai has also been named in the "hottest" cities to live in for 2015 by BBC among global cities with a mixture of both modern and traditional values. National Geographic ranked Chennai as world's 2nd best food city and Chennai was the only Indian city to feature in the list. Chennai was also named as the 9th-best cosmopolitan city in the world by Lonely Planet.
The Chennai Metropolitan Area as recently as January 2015 has been ranked the fourth-largest economy in India, and the third-highest GDP per capita. As a growing metropolitan city in a developing country, Chennai confronts substantial pollution and other logistical and socio-economic problems. Chennai has been selected as one of the 20 Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under PM Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission.
| Pin code | Area | District | Taluka | Postal Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 600002 | Anna Road PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Head Office |
| 600001 | Chennai G P O PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Head Office |
| 600005 | Chepauk PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600002 | Chintadripet PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600094 | Choolaimedu PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600118 | Erukkancheri PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Branch Office |
| 600086 | Gopalapuram Chennai PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600006 | Greams Road PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600017 | Hindi Prachar Sabha PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600014 | Lloyds Estate PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600034 | Loyola College PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600002 | Madras Electricity System PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600005 | Madras University PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600004 | Mandaveli PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600004 | Mylapore PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Head Office |
| 600034 | Nungambakkam PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600034 | Nungambakkam High Road PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600006 | Old College Buildings PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600018 | Pr Accountant General PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600014 | Royapettah PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600118 | Rv Nagar PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Branch Office |
| 600006 | Shastri Bhavan PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600018 | Teynampet PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600006 | Teynampet West PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600017 | Thygarayanagar PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Head Office |
| 600017 | Thygarayanagar North Nd PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600017 | Thygarayanagar South Nds O PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600005 | Tiruvallikkeni PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600014 | Triplicane South PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |
| 600004 | Vivekananda College Madras PIN Code | Chennai | Chennai | Sub Office |