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The sign on Hikkim post office: “The world’s highest post office”, height 4,440 m
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Hikkim

Hikkim is a village at about 4,400 m, around 14 km by road from Kaza beyond Langza, and home to the post office billed as the world’s highest (PIN 172114). Visitors come to send a postcard from it, usually on a loop with Langza and Komic.

By Basudev Boudh · Checked by Divyansh Sood · Last checked

Getting there

Hikkim is on the high road out of Kaza, past Langza: about 14 km in all. Komic is about 2 km further. From Spiti Villa it is about 20 km.

The post office

The post office is the reason most people come. Its sign calls it the world’s highest, at 4,440 m, and its PIN code is 172114, the same as Kaza’s. It serves the villages around it, and visitors queue to post cards home with a Hikkim postmark.

It is a working village post office, not a museum, so it may be shut on holidays or in bad weather. Ask in Kaza before you drive up if the postcard is the point of the trip.

The village

Hikkim is one of the highest places in India where people live all year, with houses between about 4,330 m and 4,400 m. Around them are a few fields and wide views over the Spiti valley.

Good to know

  • Bring your own postcards if you want a particular picture; the choice in the village is small.
  • Phone signal is patchy, and there is no ATM. Carry cash.
  • Arrive after a night or two in Spiti. At 4,400 m, a fast climb from Kaza on your first day can bring on a headache.

Best months for Hikkim

Saffron: the easiest months. Best time to visit Spiti · Is Spiti open now?

Spiti Villa’s cottages in summer, along a gravel path below bare mountains

From our door

Spiti Villa is on Kibber Village Road, just below Key Monastery and 12 km from Kaza: 32 rooms, a glass-walled restaurant, and oxygen on site if the altitude catches up with you. Open all year.

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Quick answers

Is Hikkim really the world’s highest post office?

It is billed as that, and its own sign gives its height as 4,440 m. It is certainly one of the highest working post offices anywhere.

How far is Hikkim from Kaza?

About 14 km by road, past Langza. Komic is about 2 km further on.

Can I send a postcard from Hikkim?

Yes, if the office is open when you get there. Bring your own card if you want a particular picture, and post it in the village for the Hikkim postmark.

Sources

  1. Hikkim, Wikipedia
  2. Kaza, Himachal Pradesh, Wikipedia
  3. Road distances from OpenStreetMap, routed with OSRM, checked 14 November 2026