Sri Lanka Postal code. (Zip code)

Sri Lanka Postal code (Zip code) is designed by the then Ceylon GPO and maintained by the Sri Lanka postal Department. This codes will help the postal workers to deliver mails and parcels quick and accurate. If the name, address and the correct postal code is written correctly on the mail cover, it will reach the person in quick time through postal and courier services. Sri Lanka postal service was well developed by the then British rulers and new rural codes are being added to it. When you are sending any postal mail or parcels through your foreign post office to here, don't forget to write the receivers correct area postal code in the address.

All over the world postal code helps their postal mails and parcels to reach its destination easily and quickly in a timely manner. Also keep it as a practice to write your postal code along with your address in it's from sector, this practice will help you to get your returned mails without any delay. There are many places with similar names but their zip code will make them as the true destination. Take note that many people are confused with their post-office code and the telephone area code. Many of them had used to write their area telephone code as the postal-code when sending postal documents. The Sri Lanka phone codes and Postal Codes are used for diffferent purposses.

Sri Lanka International phone dialing code 0094 is different from the post office zip code.IDD and phone codes are used as the first digits when you are dialing a Sri Lanka based land line. Likewise there are area city dialing codes for Sri Lanka land lines that are being used in different cities. Postal Code which is good for to deliver postal mail, parcels and Telegrams.

Postal code (Zip Code) for Colombo City. (5 digit code)

01 - 00100 Fort
02 - 00200 Slave Island
03 - 00300 Kollupitiya
04 - 00400 Bambalapitiya
05 - 00500 Havelock Town and Kirilapone
06 - 00600 Wellawatte and Pamankada
07 - 00700 Cinnamon Gardens
08 - 00800 Borella
09 - 00900 Dematagoda
10 - 01000 Maradana, Panchikawatte and Maligawatte
11 - 01100 Pettah
12 - 01200 Hultsdorf (Courts)
13 - 01300 Kotahena, Kochikade and Bloemendhal
14 - 01400 Grandpass,Colombo
15 - 01500 Mutwal, Modera, Mattakkuliya and Madampitiya