Telephone numbers in India Telephone numbers in India Telephone numbers in India are administered under the "National Numbering Plan of 2003" by the Department of Telecommunications. The numbering plan was last updated in 2015. The International Telecommunication Union has assigned the country calling code "91" to India. Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) codes are assigned to each city/town/village, with the larger Metro cities having shorter area codes (STD codes), which are from 2 to 8 digits long. For example, Tier-2 Cities or culturally significant towns in India have STD code with 3 digits. For example, Kanpur and Lucknow were the two cities between which the
111 (emergency telephone number) the Fire Service. In early 1958, the Postmaster General approved the provision of the service using the number 111. 111 was specifically chosen to be similar to Britain's 999 service. With pulse dialling, New Zealand telephones pulse in reverse to the UK - dialling 0 sent ten pulses, 1 sent nine, 2 sent eight, 3 sent seven, etc. in New Zealand, while in the UK, dialling 1 sent one pulse, 2 sent two, etc. In the early years of 111, the telephone equipment was based on British Post Office equipment, except for this unusual orientation. Therefore, dialling 111 on a