India Post

government-operated postal system in India
Organization government_agency Q3519720
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India Post

Summary

India Post is a government agency[1]. It ranks in the top 0.2% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (892 views/month, #8 of 3,958).[2]

Key Facts

  • India Post's field of work was postal sector[3].
  • India Post's field of work was courier service[4].
  • India Post was a member of Universal Postal Union UPU[5].
  • India Post is in the country of India[6].
  • India Post's image is recorded as Gobi Post.jpg[7].
  • India Post's instance of is recorded as government agency[8].
  • India Post's instance of is recorded as postal service[9].
  • India Post's instance of is recorded as business[10].
  • India Post's owned by is recorded as Government of India[11].
  • India Post's headquarters location is recorded as New Delhi[12].
  • India Post's ISNI is recorded as 0000000118079763[13].
  • India Post's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 169040803[14].
  • India Post's GND ID is recorded as 5096488-4[15].
  • India Post's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88001082[16].
  • India Post's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 120018942[17].
  • India Post's IdRef ID is recorded as 028121104[18].
  • India Post's child organization or unit is recorded as India Post Payments Bank[19].
  • India Post's Commons category is recorded as Post of India[20].
  • India Post's industry is recorded as postal service[21].
  • +1854-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of India Post[22].
  • India Post's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/045js0[23].
  • India Post's parent organization or unit is recorded as Ministry of Communications[24].
  • India Post's official website is recorded as https://www.indiapost.gov.in[25].
  • India Post's official website is recorded as https://www.postoffices.co.in/[26].
  • India Post's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Postal system of India[27].

Body

Founding

+1854-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of India Post[22].

Identity

India Post's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Department of Posts'}[28]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'DoP'}[29].

Operations

India Post's headquarters location is recorded as New Delhi[12]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Ministry of Communications[24]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as India Post Payments Bank[19].

Industry

India Post's industry is recorded as postal service[21]. Fields of work include postal sector[3], a type of industry[30] and courier service[4], an economic concept[31].

Ownership

India Post's owned by is recorded as Government of India[11].

Why It Matters

India Post ranks in the top 0.2% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (892 views/month, #8 of 3,958).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [5] . upu.int. upu.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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