Pan Card

PAN is a 10 digit alpha-numeric number in which the first five characters are alphabets. next four characters are numbers and the last character is again an alphabet.

Format (rules)

  • The first three characters are the normal alphabetic series starting from AAA and running upto ZZZ.

  • The fourth character represents the status of the PAN card holder.Its one of the most important character in Pan Card number and those who deal in PAN cards usually look at this character only to identify your status.

C - Company P - Person H - Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) F - Firm A - Association of Persons (AOP) T - Trust B - Body of Individuals (BOI) L - Local Authority J - Artificial Juridical Person G - Government

  • The fifth character represents the first letter of surname.

  • The next four characters are the numbers which are randomly generated.

  • The last character in the PAN is an alphabetic check digit.

Example:

SSSS S DDDD S

  • SSSS - First 4 characters are alphabets

  • P - Status of the PAN card holder

  • DDDD - Next 4 characters are random numbers

  • S - Last character is an alphabetic check digit

Example: CVVQK1234F is a valid PAN card number.