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RTO Atlas · 2026

India's high-RTO pincodes, mapped.

1,011 flagged pincodes across 25 states, plus national, city, and zone RTO benchmarks from public 2024–2025 filings.

InsightJammu And Kashmir leads concentration at 3.50% — 1 in 29 of its 1,684 pincodes flagged.
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1,011
Flagged pincodes
25
States affected
Uttar Pradesh
Top state

188 pincodes

Mumbai
Top district

27 pincodes

National benchmarks

FY25 figures
26%
National CoD RTO
Across all couriers
Source: Shipway ShipNotes FY25
<2%
Prepaid RTO
13× safer than CoD
Source: Shipway ShipNotes FY25
₹20,000 Cr
Annual RTO loss
India e-commerce, est. yearly
Source: RedSeer (cited Upstox Originals 2024)
75.55%
Meesho CoD success
Tier-2/3 anchor (DRHP)
Source: Meesho DRHP Sep 2025

States by RTO concentration

25 states · sorted by flagged count
StateHigh-RTO PINsTotal PINs% High-RTO
Uttar Pradesh18817,6741.06%
Maharashtra15012,6101.19%
Rajasthan7310,3340.71%
Punjab723,8091.89%
Madhya Pradesh628,3110.75%
Jammu And Kashmir591,6843.50%
Karnataka599,6820.61%
Bihar579,0600.63%
Gujarat548,9370.60%
Assam364,0100.90%
Telangana355,8080.60%
Haryana232,6880.86%
Andhra Pradesh2210,3340.21%
West Bengal228,7260.25%
Odisha218,1660.26%
Jharkhand203,0970.65%
Tamil Nadu1311,8700.11%
Himachal Pradesh92,7810.32%
Uttarakhand92,7180.33%
Chhattisgarh83,1500.25%
Kerala75,0580.14%
Tripura77080.99%
Delhi35450.55%
Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu1591.69%
Manipur16990.14%

Total PINs per state from the India Post pincode directory (data.gov.in). % High-RTO = flagged pincodes ÷ total pincodes in that state.

Distribution by PIN region

First-digit breakdown
DigitRegionDistributionPincodesShare
1xx xxxDelhi, Haryana, Punjab, HP
16716.5%
2xx xxxUP, Uttarakhand
19719.5%
3xx xxxRajasthan, Gujarat
12712.6%
4xx xxxMP, Chhattisgarh
22021.8%
5xx xxxAP, Telangana, Karnataka
11611.5%
6xx xxxKerala, TN, Lakshadweep
202.0%
7xx xxxWB, Odisha, NE States
878.6%
8xx xxxBihar, Jharkhand
777.6%

Other public RTO numbers

DRHPs, annual reports, analysts
Meesho CoD delivered-and-accepted
75.55%
Implied ~24% RTO. Tier-2/3 anchor.
Source: Meesho DRHP Sep 2025
Meesho prepaid delivered-and-accepted
96.33%
13× safer than CoD on Meesho.
Source: Meesho DRHP Sep 2025
Delhivery industry RTO average
14–18%
Cited by Delhivery against Ecom Express FY24 numbers.
Source: Delhivery letter (Business Standard, Sep 2024)
Delhivery pincode coverage
18,833 pincodes
As of 31 Mar 2025.
Source: Delhivery FY25 Annual Report
Ecom Express tier-2+ touchpoints
86.23%
Of 580,000 FY24 unique pickup touchpoints.
Source: Ecom Express DRHP Aug 2024

Sources

Pincode list is community-maintained (last refresh April 2026) — directional risk signal, not authoritative. National and city percentages are FY25 figures from the public filings cited above.