Jaffna District Postal Code.

Jaffna postal code: 40000. (Zip Code)
IDD Phone Code Jaffna: 0094 21 (+9421)
Jaffna Telephone Code: 021 (Only for land Line phones in Jaffna)
Postal code which is also called as ZIP code by the Americans is now available for many important locations in Sri Lanka. It is designed and maintained by the Sri Lanka postal department. This code will enable quick and correct delivery of parcels and postal mails in time. So mark the code in the parcel or postal mail clearly with the person's address. If you don't know the correct Postal Code for the place leave the space blank. Otherwise with a wrong ZIP code it will take long days for the letter to reach the correct address. Postal code 40000 was assigned to Jaffna by the Sri Lanka postal department.

Many villages and towns located in Jaffna district have their own postal code now. So when you are sending any mails or parcels to any of these places in the Jaffna district can write the code. The Jaffna Postal office staff will dispatch it to the relevant post office in quick time. You can get lot of services from the Jaffna main post office including Stamp sales, local and foreign parcel services, postal mail, trunk calls, Telegram, Telex, Fax, Emails, local money transfers and many other services.

Take note that the Jaffna phone code for this area is different from the Jaffna postal code.
Jaffna phone code is 021 within Sri Lanka.
This phone code does not apply for the mobile phones that are located in Jaffna.
If you are calling from overseas then add 009421 (+9421) followed by the Jaffna telephone phone number.

Here are the postal code for the villages and towns in the Northern Province - Jaffna District.

Jaffna District in Northern Province

Jaffna Post Office Facebook Page.

SLT - Jaffna Post Office Information.