Regional Transport Office – RTO Codes of States

RTO has database of vehicles for various states of India, offers services such as issues driving licences, collection of vehicle excise duty and sells personalised registrations.

All road vehicles in India are tagged with a registration known as number plate issued by the district-level Regional Transport Office (RTO). Number plates are placed in the front and back of the vehicles with proper state code and city number such as MH-12 ( Pune City) and International vehicle registration code for India is IND.

AN—Andaman and Nicobar
AP—Andhra Pradesh
AR—Arunachal Pradesh
AS—Assam
BR—Bihar
CG—Chhattisgarh
CH—Chandigarh
DD—Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
DL—Delhi
GA—Goa
GJ—Gujarat
HP—Himachal Pradesh
HR—Haryana
JH—Jharkhand
JK—Jammu and Kashmir
KA—Karnataka
KL—Kerala
LA—Ladakh
LD—Lakshadweep
MH—Maharashtra
ML—Meghalaya
MN—Manipur
MP—Madhya Pradesh
MZ—Mizoram
NL—Nagaland
OD—Odisha
PB—Punjab
PY—Puducherry
RJ—Rajasthan
SK—Sikkim
TN—Tamil Nadu
TR—Tripura
TS—Telangana
UK—Uttarakhand
UP—Uttar Pradesh
WB—West Bengal

Registration colour coding:

Private Vehicles: