Indian States Vehicle Codes & ISO 3166-2:IN Codes

As per 2016 government data, there were more than 23 crores registered vehicles in India and all the Indian states vehicle codes are issued by the district-level RTO (Regional Transport Office) of the respective states.

All the motorised vehicles in India are tagged by a licence number which is compulsory for all the vehicles to put at the front & back-side of the vehicle.

Currently, there are 6 types of vehicle registration plate formats are issued by the RTO office, which are:

  1. DL 01 ZE 1234 – Black Letters on the White Background (For private motorised vehicles)
  2. DL 01 ZE 1234 – Black Letters on the Yellow Background (For commercial vehicles)
  3. DL 01 ZE 1234 – Yellow Letters on the Black Background (For commercial vehicles available for self-drive)
  4. 12 UN 1 – White Letters on the Light Blue Background (For foreign consulates vehicles)
  5. DL 01 ZE 1234 – White Letters on the Green Background (For private vehicles running on electricity)
  6. DL 01 ZE 1234 – Yellow Letters on the Green Background (For commercial vehicles running on electricity)
The President of India and The Governors of Indian States travel in official cars without licence plates. Instead they have the Emblem of India in gold embossed on a red plate.

Source

The first part of the vehicle registration number (DL 01 ZE 1234) represents the State or Union Territory in which the vehicle is registered in, the second part represents the District, the third part represents ongoing series of an RTO and/or vehicle classification and the fourth part represents the unique vehicle number.

Indian Vehicles Registration Plates

Sometimes, there is the fifth part “IND” and a hologram having a Chakra. However, not all the plates contain these.

In this blog post, I will be listing out all the 28 States and 9 Union Territories of India along with their Vehicle Codes and ISO 3166-2:IN Codes.

So, here we go…

Indian States Vehicle Codes

States

StateVehicle CodeISO 3166-2:IN Code
Andhra PradeshAPIN-AP
Arunachal PradeshARIN-AR
AssamASIN-AS
BiharBRIN-BR
ChhattisgarhCGIN-CT
GoaGAIN-GA
GujaratGJIN-GJ
HaryanaHRIN-HR
Himachal PradeshHPIN-HP
JharkhandJHIN-JH
KarnatakaKAIN-KA
KeralaKLIN-KL
Madhya PradeshMPIN-MP
MaharashtraMHIN-MH
ManipurMNIN-MN
MeghalayaMLIN-ML
MizoramMZIN-MZ
NagalandNLIN-NL
OdishaODIN-OD
PunjabPBIN-PB
RajasthanRJIN-RJ
SikkimSKIN-SK
Tamil NaduTNIN-TN
TelanganaTSIN-TG
TripuraTRIN-TR
Uttar PradeshUPIN-UP
UttarakhandUKIN-UT
West BengalWBIN-WB

Union Territories

Union TerritoryVehicle CodeISO 3166-2:IN
Andaman and Nicobar IslandsANIN-AN
ChandigarhCHIN-CH
Dadra and Nagar HaveliDNIN-DN
Daman and DiuDDIN-DD
DelhiDLIN-DL
Jammu and KashmirJKIN-JK
LadakhLAIN-LA
LakshadweepLDIN-LD
PuducherryPYIN-PY

Wrapping it up

Some state codes have been omitted and are no longer used.

  • OR – Orissa
  • UA – Uttaranchal

These two codes are no longer used.

If someone wants to have lucky or fancy registration numbers (like the last 4 digits as 3333, 6666, or 1111) then it is considered as premium and it might cost more than ₹1,00,000.

So, that’s all about it.

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29 Comments

  1. Sivadasan KP says:

    The code formerly used for Arunachal Pradesh was BQ, the next letters AP when Andra Pradesh was there with AP. This is nowhere explained.

  2. Binit Sahu says:

    It’s really informative, thanks.

  3. Syed Sajid says:

    Thank you for upload this link’s
    &. We know to this thank you so much

  4. Vikas Sharma says:

    B not represent Arunachal so A for Arunachal but second word P for Pradesh is already used for Andhra Pradesh so here is the option Q taken instead of letter P

  5. अजय कुमार says:

    कुछ कुछ गलत है

    1. Can you point out which one is wrong?

      Thank you.

      1. Meghalaya is MEG not ML

        1. Can you provide me any resources related to this? I think Meghalaya is ML.

        2. ML mean Meghalaya I am from Meghalaya border bro

  6. Neeraj .gtv says:

    I saw a car no. Starts DBB from where it is

  7. Jaspal Aulakh says:

    I saw a car bearing No 21 BH1 865A. In which state it may have been registered?

    1. ITS GOVERNMENT VEHICLE

    2. Its a Recently Announced Bharath Number series for government vehicles, that can move any state over all india without any permission

  8. Thank you upload this link… This link should be used to us know the states….

  9. BH: Bharat number.. new series for people with transferrable jobs.. does not required transfer of frequent registration numbers on transfer.. and can move across India

    1. SREENIVASA RAO PAPPU says:

      PUNEET JI, THANKS FOR THE RESPONSE & CLARIFICATION

  10. Neeraj Gulati says:

    21 is year of manufacture
    BH is all india (Bharat)
    For central govt employees on transferable jobs
    In second phase pub Ltd company employees will also be entitled for this

  11. NK belongs to which state?

    1. I think, earlier it was TG but now it’s TS.

  12. kishor singh cpk says:

    gd information

  13. Odisha ki vehicle code OR Nehi OD Hai

    1. Yes, it’s OD. I have mentioned that OR was old one that’s no longer used.

  14. Vinayak Mahajan says:

    TS means Telangana State

  15. Lakshay Goyal says:

    Hey,

    Recently I saw a car with starting ZUB. Could you please where does it belongs..?

  16. MR. Introvert🌈 says:

    For telanga it is TS not TG

    1. I have written TS, not TG.

  17. HNX which states car code

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