Send a parcel from Kota to Ludhiana. We pick up free.
Roughly 700 kilometres — up via Jaipur, joining NH44 near Delhi, then Karnal–Ambala into Punjab — 2 working days surface, 1–2 days on express. Pickup from your Kota address — Talwandi, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Vigyan Nagar or anywhere in the coaching belt — is free for parcels of 5 kg or more.
Pickup in Kota, Jaipur–Delhi–GT Road trunk, delivery across Ludhiana.
Pickup, Kota.
Within 60–90 minutes of your call. We bring tape, bubble wrap and a luggage scale; the parcel is sealed at your address — Talwandi, RGN, Vigyan Nagar, Mahaveer Nagar or anywhere across the coaching belt.
Hub transit.
Same-evening handover to DTDC’s Kota facility. Surface load moves up via Jaipur, joining NH44 near Delhi for the leg through Karnal and Ambala into Punjab; express clears the air sort to north India overnight.
Ludhiana delivery.
Sortation at Ludhiana DTDC and last-mile to Ghantaghar, Chaura Bazaar, Model Town, Sarabha Nagar or the Industrial Area phases along GT Road — typically working day two on surface, day one on express.
POD on WhatsApp.
Once delivered, we forward the proof of delivery (signature image and stamp) on WhatsApp the same hour.
Starting rates, Kota → Ludhiana.
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 2 working days. Min billable 5 kg.
- Express parcel (air) from ₹180 / kg 1–2 working days. Door delivery.
- Bulk consignment (35 kg+) from ₹120 / kg Min 35 kg. Surface routing.
Pickup is free in Kota on this lane for parcels 5 kg and above. Volumetric formula: (L × W × H cm) ÷ 5000.
Coaching care kits, hosiery reverse trade, LPU paperwork.
Coaching-student care kits
Ludhiana-based Punjabi-Marwari parents whose children are at Allen, Resonance, Bansal or Motion send weekly care kits — sealed namkeen, dry mathri, sweet boxes, fresh kurta sets, books — to hostel addresses in Talwandi, RGN and Vigyan Nagar. We also reverse-route the kits parents pre-pack in Kota and ship to friends/family back home.
LPU / Punjab Univ paperwork
Sealed-cover applications, mark-sheets, transcripts, signed forms moving from Kota to LPU, Punjab University, GNDU and the Ludhiana medical/agricultural colleges. Express only — surface is too long for time-bound submission windows.
Hosiery & woollen B2B (reverse)
Marwari fashion-traders in Kota’s mandi area regularly source samples from Ludhiana — India’s hosiery and knitwear hub. The reverse-trade flow runs both ways: small carton sample sets, packing list and recipient GSTIN on the AWB. Phase + plot-no notation for Industrial Area addresses.
Wedding outfits to Punjabi-Marwari families
Punjabi–Marwari cross-cultural weddings: lehengas, sherwanis, gift cartons, return favours. Bulk pickup over an afternoon, single GST invoice. Sealed garment cartons recommended for the long road leg.
Personal documents
Originals, signed contracts, sealed-cover applications. Express only on this lane — surface is fine for parcels but for time-bound paper, the express morning slot wins.
Cycle / bicycle parts B2B
Hero Cycles, Avon and ancillary suppliers — small-format component samples and tender documents going both ways. Express on time-bound tender paperwork.
A short, real list.
DTDC (and every air-network courier) prohibits these. Items most often misjudged on the Kota → Ludhiana 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
Common Kota → Ludhiana misjudgements
- Marwari sweet boxes for Punjabi weddings — sealed dry sweets are fine; ghee-laden, syrup-soaked or dairy/khoya-based ones cannot ship.
- Loose homemade pickle / ghee — semi-liquid; do not pack with regular parcels.
- Hosiery sample cartons with attached care-kit oils — the oil residue gets the parcel rejected at the air sort.
- Industrial chemical samples — solvents and reactive samples need a hazmat-certified carrier, not standard courier.
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.
Specific to Kota → Ludhiana.
How long does a parcel take from Kota to Ludhiana?
Two working days on surface for standard Ludhiana pin codes, 1–2 days on express. Pickup from Talwandi, RGN, Vigyan Nagar or the coaching belt happens within 60–90 minutes of your call; the parcel makes the same-evening DTDC handover and moves overnight via Jaipur–Delhi–GT Road. Express clears the air sort and lands in Ludhiana on the next-morning run for Ghantaghar, Chaura Bazaar, Model Town and Sarabha Nagar.
We source hosiery and woollen samples from Ludhiana every week — can you set a recurring reverse-trade slot?
Yes — for the weekly hosiery/woollen sample cycle between Marwari fashion-traders in Kota and Ludhiana sellers, we lock in a fixed weekday pickup at your Kota shop or warehouse and rate-card the lane on a contract. We need a packing list, tax invoice and your GST number on the booking; phase and plot-no notation on the AWB for Industrial Area addresses keeps last-mile clean. One GST invoice per cycle.
Can you handle the LPU / Punjab University student care kit pattern?
Yes — sealed namkeen, mathri, dry sweets in factory-sealed boxes, fresh kurta sets, books and stationery for LPU, Punjab University and GNDU students are a regular flow. Share the recipient’s phone and hostel block at booking — campus security gates won’t admit a rider without a confirmed callback. No ghee-soaked or syrup sweets; they’re semi-liquid and not accepted.