India’s Country Codes
- Telephone: +91
- 2 Letter: IN
- 3 Letter: IND
- ISO 3116-1 Numeric: 356
- ISO 3116-2: IN
- Internet TLD: .in
- ICAO Airport Code: VA, VE, VI, and VO
- Maritime Identification Digits: 419
- Emoji Flag: U+1F1EE U+1F1F3
- Official Name: The Republic of India
How to call India (international dialing)
- Do not dial a leading ‘0’ in the international call sequence – it is only used in India for domestic long distance calls and domestic calls to a mobile phone.
- A leading '+' in the phone number means 'dial your country's exit code'.
- Calling from a mobile phone: dial from on the country where you're currently located.
- Calling from a VoIP or satellite phone: dial from on the country where the phone is registered.
… to a mobile (cellular) phone or text (SMS)
Use the same call sequence.
When calling a mobile phone user, dial to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.
… to a VoIP phone
Use the same call sequence.
When calling a VoIP phone user, dial to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.
… to a satellite phone
India does not have a country-specific satellite phone system.
Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their call sequence.
… sending a fax
Use the same call sequence.
How to call within India (domestic dialing)
‘0’ is used as a trunk prefix when calling to a different area code or a mobile phone within India. Do not dial it when calling within the same area code.
Local calling (within the same area code)
Dial only the local phone number. Do not dial the trunk prefix ‘0’ or the area code.
| seven to eight digits |
| local phone number |
Long distance calling (to a different area code or from a mobile phone)
Dial the trunk prefix ‘0’, followed by the area code, followed by the local phone number.
| 0 | two to three digits | seven to eight digits |
| trunk prefix | area code | local phone number |
Mobile calling (to a mobile phone)
Dial the trunk prefix ‘0’, followed by the area code, followed by the local phone number.
| 0 | four digits | six digits |
| trunk prefix | carrier code | subscriber phone number |
Indian phone numbers explained
Number details
Indian phone numbers are ten digits.
First two to three digits are an area code that represents a geographic part of the country.
An example of an Indian phone number
The National Gallery of Modern Art lists its phone number in New Delhi as 011 – 23384640.
Number explanation
| 91 | 11 | 23384640 |
| country code for India | area (geographic) code for New Delhi | local phone number in New Delhi |
Local example – calling from another location in New Delhi
Dial only the local phone number. Do not dial the trunk prefix ‘0’ or the area code.
| 23384640 |
| local phone number in New Delhi |
Long distance example – calling from Kerala, India (on the other side of the country)
Dial the trunk prefix ‘0’, then the area code, then the local phone number.
| 0 | 11 | 23384640 |
| trunk prefix | area (geographic) code for New Delhi | local phone number in New Delhi |
Mobile example – calling from a mobile phone (including a foreign mobile roaming in India)
Dial the trunk prefix ‘0’, then the area code, then the local phone number.
| 0 | 11 | 23384640 |
| trunk prefix | area (geographic) code for New Delhi | local phone number in New Delhi |
International example – calling from outside India
To call from outside India, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by India’s country code of ’91’, followed by the local phone number.
Do not include a leading ‘0’ in the call when calling from outside India.
| exit code | 91 | 11 | 23384640 |
| exit code of the country the call is dialed from | Indian country code | area (geographic) code for New Delhi | local phone number in New Delhi |
How to call from India
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international phone call from India.
Sources and more resources
- Department of Telecommunications – India’s telephone systems regulator.
- ITU (International Telecommunications Union) – United Nations specialized agency for information and communications technologies.
- International Telecommunications Union – DIALLING PROCEDURES (INTERNATIONAL PREFIX, NATIONAL (TRUNK) PREFIX AND NATIONAL (SIGNIFICANT) NUMBER) (IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITU-T RECOMMENDATION E.164 (11/2010)) – A collection of dialing procedures for all countries and regions of the world. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- International Telecommunications Union – India (country code +91) National Numbering Plan – Details of India’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- Department of Telecommunications – National Numbering Plan 2003 – India’s official national numbering plan from the local telecommunications regulator.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in India – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for India. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – The Phonebook – India – Entry for India in the British Telecom international directory.