Send a parcel from Alwar to Kanpur. We pick up free.
Roughly 525 kilometres east via Delhi and the Agra trunk on NH27 — 1–2 working days surface, same-evening to next-morning on express via the Delhi air-hub feed. Pickup from your Alwar address (Hope Circus, Manu Marg, Civil Lines, Adarsh Nagar) or the Bhiwadi industrial belt is free for parcels of 5 kg or more.
Pickup in Alwar, Delhi line-haul, trunk via Agra, last-mile across Kanpur.
Pickup, Alwar.
Within 60–90 minutes of your call in Alwar city; scheduled window for Bhiwadi / MIA / Khushkhera plant pickups. We bring tape, bubble wrap and a luggage scale; the parcel is sealed at your address. Bhiwadi auto-component dispatches are gate-pass coordinated with the shipping desk.
Delhi → Agra trunk.
Same-evening handover to DTDC's Alwar facility, then onto the Delhi line-haul on NH48. From Delhi the trunk runs east via Agra on NH27 to the Kanpur hub — Alwar's Delhi-feeder edge gets the parcel into the Kanpur stream a working day faster than Jaipur-routed origins.
Kanpur last-mile.
Sortation at Kanpur DTDC, then last-mile across Civil Lines, Kalyanpur (incl. IIT-K), Panki, Govind Nagar, Cantt, Jajmau (leather belt) and HBTU. Typically working day 1–2 on surface, same-evening on express bookings before 10 AM.
POD on WhatsApp.
Once delivered, we forward the proof of delivery (signature image and stamp) on WhatsApp the same hour.
Starting rates, Alwar → Kanpur.
Final price depends on actual or volumetric weight (whichever is greater) plus the fuel surcharge in force on your booking date. GST is extra.
- Standard parcel (surface) from ₹120 / kg 1–2 working days. Min billable 5 kg.
- Express parcel (air) from ₹180 / kg Same-evening if booked before 10 AM. Door delivery.
- Bulk consignment (35 kg+) from ₹120 / kg Min 35 kg. Surface routing. Single GST invoice.
Pickup is free in Alwar on this lane for parcels 5 kg and above. Volumetric formula: (L × W × H cm) ÷ 5000.
Bhiwadi auto-component B2B, leather-export reverse trade, NCR-IT family parcels.
Bhiwadi auto-component B2B
The dominant lane. Bhiwadi-RIICO and Khushkhera plants dispatch tier-1 component samples, fixtures and small-format spares to Kanpur OEM-buyers, defence-area engineering vendors and Panki industrial belt. Crated at the gate; surface routing, single GST invoice.
Leather-export B2B reverse trade
Kanpur is India's leather capital — Jajmau and Panki tannery clusters supply finished and treated leather to Bhiwadi-leather-trader buyers and NCR component-housing makers. We move treated-leather samples and small-format consignments back from Kanpur, and Alwar/Bhiwadi sample dispatches travel down on the same lane. Treated, declared leather only — raw hides not accepted.
NCR-IT family parcels
Alwar's NCR-spillover families — Bhiwadi techies and Gurgaon-commuter households — ship festive sweets (sealed dry only), warm clothes, books and household goods to Kanpur-based relatives. Bulk pickup over an afternoon for festive cycles.
IIT-K / HBTU sealed-cover
Originals, transcripts, project paperwork and admission docs to IIT-Kanpur (Kalyanpur) and HBTU. Express where time-bound. Hostel-block delivery direct; recipient phone is essential during end-of-semester rush (early May, late November).
Defence / ordnance area
Some shipments to OFB and DGQA-area addresses in Kanpur Cantt. Bhiwadi engineering-service vendors are regular shippers. Recipient phone is critical for security-gate handover; the cantonment will not let the rider in without prior intimation.
Sariska gateway returns
Sariska Tiger Reserve tourists onward-ship purchases (block-print, brassware, lacquerware) home via Alwar; Kanpur-based travellers route through this lane on the regular Kanpur last-mile.
A short, real list.
DTDC (and every air-network courier) prohibits these. Items most often misjudged on the Alwar → Kanpur lane:
Banned outright
- Liquids of any kind — perfumes, attars, oils, gels, hand sanitiser
- Aerosols and pressurised cans
- Cosmetics, nail polish, fragrance samples
- Flammable solids and matches
- Currency notes and gold/silver bullion
- Lithium batteries above 100 Wh on the air leg
Lane-specific watch-outs
- Auto-component lubricants / oils — Bhiwadi plants sometimes try to attach grease packs to component samples; these are liquids and cannot ship.
- Raw / untreated leather — only treated, declared leather moves on this lane. Raw hides not accepted.
- Leather samples for export onward — finished-leather to a Kanpur dealer is fine domestically, but if the consignee plans onward-export to USA/UK/AU, additional certs apply. Tell us at pickup.
- Ghee / dairy mithai — Marwari-style ghee-laden sweets are semi-liquid and not accepted. Sealed dry sweets and namkeen are fine.
- Lithium-cell automotive samples — high-Wh lithium cells are restricted on the air leg; declare at pickup so we route on surface.
AWB on WhatsApp. Track on dtdc.in. POD when it lands.
The moment the parcel is booked into DTDC, we send you the AWB number on WhatsApp. Type it into the public tracker at dtdc.in any time. When delivery happens we forward the POD — signed slip or photo — within the hour. For Cantt / OFB / DGQA addresses we mark the AWB with the gate / unit number you provide at booking and the recipient phone is critical for security-gate handover.
Specific to Alwar → Kanpur.
How long does Alwar to Kanpur take, surface vs express?
Plan 1–2 working days door-to-door on surface and same-evening on express bookings before 10 AM. Alwar's Delhi-feeder edge is what compresses the timeline — same-evening line-haul to Delhi, onward via NH27 through Agra to Kanpur. End-of-semester rush at IIT-K (early May, late November) can add a working day at the campus last-mile due to guard-room volume.
How does the leather-export B2B routine work — Bhiwadi to Jajmau, or the other way?
Both directions. Kanpur is India's leather capital — Jajmau and Panki tannery clusters supply finished and treated leather, often samples-only, to Bhiwadi-leather-trader buyers and NCR component-housing makers. Bhiwadi-Alwar dispatches travel down on the same lane. Only treated, declared leather is allowed; raw hides not accepted. If the consignee onward-exports samples to USA/UK/AU, country-specific certs (CITES if exotic, REACH-style declarations) apply — flag at pickup.
My son is at IIT-K Kalyanpur — does that count as Kanpur city?
Yes. Kalyanpur is on the standard Kanpur last-mile and IIT-K is a regular delivery address for us. Hall/hostel-block delivery is direct; mark the AWB with hall number, room, and recipient mobile. During end-of-semester rush (early May, late November) deliveries can take an extra working day because of guard-room volume — book a day earlier if it's urgent. Books, sealed dry namkeen, packaged dry mithai and warm clothes all travel fine; ghee/dairy mithai does not.