Jaffna District Postal Code.

Jaffna District Postal Code helps to send postal mail and parcels to people living there. The Correct code should be used on them along with the receiver's address. In this year 2023, Jaffna is well connected with other parts of the Isalnd. There are direct Express Train service from Colombo. In addition two frlights services are operating from Bandaranayake International Airport and from Ratmalana Airport. Furthermore Luxury busses are operating betwwen Jaffna and Colombo daily.

Jaffna Postal Code: 40000. (Also known as Zip Code)
IDD Land Line Phone Code Jaffna: 0094 21 (+9421)
Jaffna Telephone Code: 021 (Only for Jaffna based land Lin)
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 and Jaffna postal code are different and they are used for different purposes..
Jaffna Land Line Phone code is 021 within Sri Lanka.
If you are calling from overseas add 009421 (+9421) followed by the Jaffna telephone number.
This phone code does not apply for the mobile phones that are operating in Jaffna or in other areas in Srilanka..

Here are the postal codes for the villages and towns in the Northern Province - Jaffna District.
Still some of them are not allocated with their postal codes. Once they are available we will update them here.

Jaffna District in Northern Province

Jaffna Post Office Facebook Page.

SLT -