How to Call India

Easy-to-follow steps to call India from anywhere

Last Updated: February 18, 2023

Placing an international phone call to India can seem intimidating at first, but the process is fairly simple as long as you know your country's exit code, the access code for India, the area code your contact resides in, and the subscriber's individual phone number. Here's how to do it.

Part 1

Part 1 of 2:

Basic Phone Number Structure

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Dial your country's exit code. Before you can place any international call, you need to dial a set of numbers that signifies to the telephone carrier that the phone number following it will be for someone in another country.
- For instance, in the United States, the exit code is “011.” Someone calling India from the United States would need to dial “011” before dialing the rest of the phone number.
- Example: 011-xx-xx-xxxx-xxxx
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Dial "91," the country code for India. Every country also has an international code that signifies to every telephone carrier that a specific international call should be directed to a specific country. Each country has its own country code, and India's country code is “91.”
- Example: 011-91-xx-xxxx-xxxx
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Put in the appropriate area code. The area code for a landline in India can be two to four digits and varies by region. The area code for a cell phone in India is almost always "9" or “09,” but it can also be "7" or "8."
- The only way to know the area code for a cell phone in India with absolute certainty is to know it as part of the phone number.
- You can determine the area code for a land line in India simply by knowing the region that the telephone number connects to.^{[1]
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  - Agra: 562
  - Ahmadabad: 79
  - Aligarh: 571
  - Allahabad: 532
  - Amravati: 721
  - Amritsar: 183
  - Asansol: 341
  - Aurangabad: 240
  - Bangalore: 80
  - Bareilly: 581
  - Belgaum: 831
  - Bhavnagar: 278
  - Bhilai: 788
  - Bhiwandi: 2522
  - Bhopal: 755
  - Bhubaneswar: 674
  - Bikaner: 151
  - Calcutta: 33
  - Calicut: 495
  - Chandigarh: 172
  - Coimbatore: 422
  - Cuttack: 671
  - Dehradun: 135
  - Delhi: 11
  - Dhanbad: 326
  - Faizabad: 5278
  - Faridabad: 129
  - Ghaziabad: 120
  - Gorakhpur: 551
  - Guntur: 863
  - Gurgaon: 124
  - Guwahati: 361
  - Gwalior: 751
  - Hubli-Dharwad: 836
  - Hyderabad: 040
  - Indore: 731
  - Jabalpur: 761
  - Jaipur: 141
  - Jalandhar: 181
  - Jammu: 191
  - Kannur: 497
  - Jamshedpur: 657
  - Jodhpur: 291
  - Kanpur: 512
  - Kochi: 484
  - Kollam (Quilon): 474
  - Kota: 744
  - Lucknow: 522
  - Ludhiana: 161
  - Madurai: 452
  - Malappuram: 483
  - Mangalore: 824
  - Meerut: 121
  - Moradabad: 591
  - Mysore: 821
  - Mumbai: 22
  - Nagpur: 712
  - Nasik: 253
  - Noida: 120
  - Patna: 612
  - Puducherry: 413
  - Pune: 20
  - Raipur: 771
  - Rajkot: 281
  - Ranchi: 651
  - Saharanpur: 132
  - Salem: 427
  - Siliguri: 353
  - Solapur: 217
  - Srinagar: 194
  - Surat: 261
  - Thrissur: 487
  - Tiruchirappalli (Trichy): 431
  - Tiruppur: 421
  - Trivandrum: 471
  - Vadodara: 265
  - Varanasi: 542
  - Vasai-Virar: 250
  - Vijayawada: 866
  - Visakhapatnam: 891
  - Warangal: 870
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Finish the number. You will need the individual subscriber's phone number to complete the rest of the phone call.
- The phone number, overall, should be a total of ten digits long. This does not include your country's exit code or the access code to India.
- The individual subscriber number can be six to eight digits long when calling a landline in India.
- Example: 011-91-11-xxxx-xxxx (dials from the US to India, to a land line in Delhi)
- Example: 011-91-421-xxx-xxxx (dials from the US to India, to a land line in Tiruppur)
- Example: 011-91-2522-xx-xxxx (dials from the US to India, to a land line in Bhiwandi)
- If calling a cell phone in India, however, the subscriber number will be nine digits long.
- Example: 011-91-9-xxxx-xxxxx (dials from the US to a cell phone in India)
- Note that cell phone numbers beginning with "09" will be eleven digits long.
- Example: 011-91-09-xxxx-xxxxx (dials from the US to a cell phone in India)

Part 2

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Calling from Specific Countries^{[2]
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1
Call India from the USA or Canada. The exit code for both the United States and Canada is “011.” When calling to India from the United States or Canada, the phone number should follow the format: 011-91-xx-xxxx-xxxx
- Other countries that use the “011” exit code and follow the same format include:
  - American Samoa
  - Antigua and Barbuda
  - Bahamas
  - Barbados
  - Bermuda
  - British Virgin Islands
  - Cayman Islands
  - Dominica
  - Domincan Republic
  - Grenada
  - Guam
  - Jamaica
  - Marshall Islands
  - Montserrat
  - Puerto Rico
  - Trinidad and Tobago
  - US Virgin Islands
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Dial "00" from most other countries. Many countries use “00” as their exit code. If this is true for your country, the format for calling India would be 00-91-xx-xxxx-xxxx.
- Countries that use “00” as their access code include:
  - United Kingdom
  - Mexico
  - Germany
  - France
  - Italy
  - Bahrain
  - Kuwait
  - Qatar
  - Saudi Arabia
  - United Arab Emirates
  - South Africa
  - China
  - New Zealand
  - Philippines
  - Malaysia
  - Pakistan
  - Ireland
  - Romania
  - Albania
  - Algeria
  - Aruba
  - Bangladesh
  - Belgium
  - Bolivia
  - Bosnia and Herzegovina
  - Central African Republic
  - Costa Rica
  - Croatia
  - Czechia
  - Denmark
  - Egypt
  - Greece
  - Greenland
  - Guatemala
  - Honduras
  - Iceland
  - Netherlands
  - Nicaragua
  - Norway
  - South Africa
  - Turkey
  - Argentina
  - Paraguay
  - Peru
  - Uruguay
  - Venezuela
  - Ecuador
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Dial "0011" to call India from Australia. The exit code for Australia is “0011,” so the format for calling India from Australia is 0011-91-xx-xxxx-xxxx.
- Note that Australia is the only country with this exit code.
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Use "001" or "002" to call from various Asian countries. The format for a country with a “001” exit code would be 001-91-xx-xxxx-xxxx. Likewise, the format for a country with a “002” exit code would be 002-91-xx-xxxx-xxxx.
- Countries with a "001" exit code include Cambodia, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand.
- Countries with a "002" exit code include Tawain and South Korea.
- Note that South Korea uses both the "001" and "002" exit code.
5
Dial India from Indonesia. The exit code for Indonesia depends on the telephone carrier you use.
- For Indosat users, the exit code is either "001" or "008." The correct format for dialing India would be 001-91-xx-xxxx-xxxx or 008-91-xx-xxxx-xxxx, respectively.
- For Telkom users, the exit code is "007," making the correct format for a phone call to India 007-91-xx-xxxx-xxxx.
- For Bakrie Telecome users, the exit code is "009," making the format for a phone call to India 009-91-xx-xxxx-xxxx.
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Call India from Japan. The exit code for Japan is "010." The basic format for placing a call to India from Japan is 010-91-xx-xxxx-xxxx.
- Note that Japan is the only country with this exit code.
7
Call India from Israel.^{[3]
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Research source} The exit code for Israel depends on the telephone carrier you use. The general format for a phone call to India from Israel is Y-91-xx-xxxx-xxxx, with "Y" standing in for the exit code.
- The exit code for Kod Gisha users is "00," Smile Tikshoret users should use "012," NetVision users should use "013," Bezeq users should dial "014," and Xfone users should dial "018."
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Call India from Brazil. Brazil still follows the basic Y-91-xx-xxxx-xxxx format for phone calls to India, with "Y" representing the country's exit code. The specific exit code varies by carrier, though.
- Brasil Telecom users should dial "0014," Telefonica users should dial "0015," Embratel users should call "0021," Intelig users should use "0023," and Telmar users should dial "0031."
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Call India from Chile. Follow the same Y-91-xx-xxxx-xxxx format for phone calls to India, with “Y” representing Chile's exit code. Note that the exit code varies by carrier, though.
- Entel users should dial "1230," Globus users should use "1200," Manquehue users should use "1220," Movistar users should dial "1810," Netline users should dial "1690," and Telmex users should dial "1710."
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Dial India from Columbia. Follow the same Y-91-xx-xxxx-xxxx format for phone calls to India, with “Y” standing in for Columbia's exit code. Note that the precise exit code varies by carrier.
- UNE EPM users must dial "005," ETB users must use "007," Movistar users should use "009," Tigo users should dial "00414," Avantel users should dial "00468," Claro Fixed users should use "00456," and Claro Mobile users should dial "00444."

Community Q&A

Question

How do I call India from Bangladesh?

Community Answer

Look up India's area code. It can be found online, then use the area code before the number you would like to call.
Question

How do I dial a Saudi Arabian landline from an Indian mobile?

Community Answer

Dial 00971 before the number. That's the country code for Saudi Arabia.