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Governance Each of these Circles is headed by a Chief Postmaster

System General. Each Circle is further divided into Regions
comprising field units, called Divisions (Postal / RMS
(Contd…)
Divisions). Each Region is headed by a Postmaster
General. In the Circles and Regions there are other
functional units like Circle Stamp Depots, Postal Stores
Depots and Mail Motor Service etc.
Besides these 23 Circles, there is another Circle, called
Base Circle, to cater to the postal communication needs
of the Armed Forces. The Base Circle is headed by an
Additional Director General, Army Postal Service in the
rank of a Major General. The officer cadre of the Army
Postal Service comprises officers on deputation from the
Civil Posts. Seventy five percent of the other ranks of the
Army Postal Service are also drawn from the Department

of Posts and the remaining personnel are recruited by
the Army.

Postal The Postal Circles in our Country with their Headquarters
are given Below.
Headquarters
Sl No Name of the Circle Headquarters
1 ​Andhra Pradesh Vijayawada
2 Assam Guwahati
3 Bihar Patna

4 Chhattisgarh Raipur
5 Delhi New Delhi
6 Gujarat Ahmedabad
7 Haryana Ambala
8 Himachal Pradesh Shimla

9 Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar & Jammu Tawi
10 Jharkhand Ranchi
11 Karnataka Bengaluru
12 Kerala (For Kerala and Thiruvananthapuram
Lakshadweep)

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