Re: [datameet] PIN code maps

2014-07-11 Thread Pranesh Prakash
As per the data on data.gov.in (which it has received from the Department of Posts),[1] there were 19078 pincodes and 154823 post offices as of June 15, 2013. [1]: http://data.gov.in/catalog/all-india-pincode-directory#web_catalog_tabs_block_1 Arvind Shivakumar arvind.shivaku...@gmail.com

Re: [datameet] PIN code maps

2014-06-23 Thread Dilip Damle
Hello to all, BTW now that the pin codes is being discussed How many distinct Pincode numbers exist? That itself seems a big question. I had done some scraping and downloading long back and have reached this figure from multiple sources Distinct Pincodes Excluding Armed forces = 29595

RE: [datameet] PIN code maps

2014-06-23 Thread Balaji Subbaraman
@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: [datameet] PIN code maps Hello to all, BTW now that the pin codes is being discussed How many distinct Pincode numbers exist? That itself seems a big question. I had done some scraping and downloading long back and have reached this figure from multiple sources Distinct

Re: [datameet] PIN code maps

2014-06-23 Thread Devdatta Tengshe
Hi Dilip Balaji can you share the source where you got the above figures? When I Look at the Pincode data available on data.gov.in, I get barely 19,100 unique pincodes. Regards, Devdatta Tengshe On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Dilip Damle cadvis...@gmail.com wrote: Hello to all, BTW now

Re: [datameet] PIN code maps

2014-06-23 Thread Dilip Damle
Hi, I will share the complete details and data after cleaning up and organising them. One important source was this http://www.machwan.com/knowledege The other was scraping from India posts website I will take some time and will share the data in a few days On Monday, June 23, 2014

Re: [datameet] PIN code maps

2014-06-23 Thread Dilip Damle
On Monday, June 23, 2014 7:03:50 PM UTC+5:30, Devdatta Tengshe wrote: Hi Dilip Balaji can you share the source where you got the above figures? When I Look at the Pincode data available on data.gov.in, I get barely 19,100 unique pincodes. That is the reason I said it is a big

Re: [datameet] PIN code maps

2014-06-23 Thread Arvind Shivakumar
Can we use RTI get us the accurate public info ? Arvind On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:17 AM, Dilip Damle cadvis...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Please see these two links (There are many more ) http://pincode.indiaonline.in/Index.html http://ind.postcodebase.com/ I think there is no

Re: [datameet] PIN code maps

2014-06-20 Thread Pranesh Prakash
Dear all, I'm sorry for necrobumping this thread, but did anyone ever get around to building that database of PIN codes by constituency? I'm guessing the spurt of work around the Lok Sabha elections might have finally resulted in this. Cheers, Pranesh @AntarYaami karthik@gmail.com