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Figuring out how to fax India from the United States or other countries can be a little tricky. Using an internet faxing service could save you some effort (and the cost of a long distance call).

Essentials to Know:

  • The country code for India is ( 91 ).
  • The international dialing prefix when calling from the United States is ( 011 ).
  • Indian phone numbers are typically 10 digits (you’ll have to drop the leading zero when calling from outside of India).
  • Because the distance is so far, you may have to insert pauses into the dialing sequence to allow the phone switches to keep up. Try putting a comma or a pound sign ( # ) between the country code and fax number.

To send a fax to India, format your dialing sequence like this:

011-91-[phone number in India]

Note: The telephone infrastructure in many parts of India is undergoing extensive expansion and repair. Cables are frequently cut causing service to be down. Sometimes, poor connections can cause faxes to fail or be sent only halfway.

Pro Tip: If dialing a number with noise on the line or a suspected poor connection, try lowering your baud rate (to 9600) for a more stable connection.

Area Codes for Sending a Fax to India

Agra 562 Ghaziabad 120 Mysore 821
Ahmadabad 79 Gorakhpur 551 Mumbai 22
Aligarh 571 Guntur 863 Nagpur 712
Allahabad 532 Gurgaon 124 Nasik 253
Amravati 721 Guwahati 361 Noida 120
Amritsar 183 Gwalior 751 Patna 612
Asansol 341 Hubli-Dharwad 836 Puducherry 413
Aurangabad 240 Hyderabad 40 Pune 20
Bangalore 80 Indore 731 Raipur 771
Bareilly 581 Jabalpur 761 Rajkot 281
Belgaum 831 Jaipur 141 Ranchi 651
Bhavnagar 278 Jalandhar 181 Saharanpur 132
Bhilai 788 Jammu 191 Salem 427
Bhiwandi 2522 Kannur 497 Siliguri 353
Bhopal 755 Jamshedpur 657 Solapur 217
Bhubaneswar 674 Jodhpur 291 Srinagar 194
Bikaner 151 Kanpur 512 Surat 261
Calcutta 33 Kochi 484 Thrissur 487
Calicut 495 Kollam (Quilon) 474 Tiruchirappalli (Trichy) 431
Chandigarh 172 Kota 744 Tiruppur 421
Coimbatore 422 Lucknow 522 Trivandrum 471
Cuttack 671 Ludhiana 161 Vadodara 265
Dehradun 135 Madurai 452 Varanasi 542
Delhi 11 Malappuram 483 Vasai-Virar 250
Dhanbad 326 Mangalore 824 Vijayawada 866
Faizabad 5278 Meerut 121 Visakhapatnam 891
Faridabad 129 Moradabad 591 Warangal 870

How to Fax India Over the Internet

For the price of a single long-distance phone call to India, you could sign up for a several months on an internet faxing service such as eFax or iFax. These services allow you to send international faxes to India through your regular email far easier and quicker than using a machine.

Both services are used by businesses and location-independent professionals around the world and offer free 30-day trials or very inexpensive online faxing. You could just as easily cancel if you’re not satisfied.