Send a parcel from Kota to Rajkot. We pick up free.
Roughly 750 kilometres down via Ahmedabad on the Rajasthan-Gujarat trunk, 2 working days on surface — next-morning if you book express before noon. Pickup from your Kota address is free for parcels of 5 kg or more, including from Talwandi coaching hostels.
Pickup in Kota, hub at Ahmedabad, last-mile across Saurashtra.
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, Rajeev Gandhi Nagar, Vigyan Nagar, Indraprastha or Old Kota.
Hub transit.
Same-evening handover to DTDC's Kota facility, then overnight road run via Udaipur and NH48 / NH27 to the Ahmedabad hub.
Rajkot delivery.
Onward leg from Ahmedabad to DTDC Rajkot, sortation, and last-mile to Race Course, Kalavad Road, University Road or anywhere across the city — typically by working day two on surface.
POD on WhatsApp.
Once delivered, we forward the proof of delivery (signature image and stamp) on WhatsApp the same hour.
Starting rates, Kota → Rajkot.
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 via Ahmedabad. Min billable 5 kg.
- Express parcel (air) from ₹180 / kg Next-morning if booked before noon.
- 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-student care kits, Patel-diaspora gateway, Morbi-belt samples.
Coaching-student care kits (Talwandi-bound)
Rajkot-resident Patel-Marwari parents whose children are at Allen, Resonance, Bansal or Career Point send the standard care kit outstation to Kota. Books, kitchen kits, sealed dry namkeen, bedding. Surface routing. Label every carton with the student name, hostel block and parent contact.
Kota-coaching-alumni care kits
Former JEE / NEET-Kota toppers now in the Saurashtra-Patel and Marwari business diaspora — Race Course Ring Road, Kalavad Road, University Road. Family parcels, sealed paperwork, festival shipments to home or showroom address.
Morbi tile-export reverse trade B2B
Rajkot is the gateway into the Morbi tile belt. Engineering exporters and Kota industrial suppliers send non-precious tile / sanitaryware reverse-trade samples this way for onward Morbi handover. Bulk-rate weights, KYC paperwork compulsory, declared-value cover advisable.
Saurashtra wedding shipments
Gujarati-Marwari weddings on the Kota-Rajkot axis bring big bulk lanes — outfits, return-gift consolidation, photographer hard drives, decor returns. Single-afternoon bulk pickup, one GST invoice.
B2B handicraft to Race Course / Kalavad Road
Recurring shipments from Kota dealers to Rajkot showrooms in Race Course Ring Road, Kalavad Road and University Road retail. Weekly slots; rate sheet on contract.
Household relocations
Families moving within the Kota-Saurashtra circuit. Multi-box surface bookings — appliances (no compressors), clothing, kitchenware, books, packed in one go.
A short, real list.
DTDC (and every air-network courier) prohibits these. Items most often misjudged on the Kota → Rajkot lane:
Banned outright
- Liquids of any kind — perfumes, attars, oils, gels, hand sanitiser
- Gold-trade samples / gold bullion (Rajkot is India's gold-jewellery capital — precious-metal pieces cannot ship)
- Aerosols and pressurised cans
- Ceramic-glaze chemicals and industrial solvents (Morbi-belt request that often arrives by mistake)
- Edible oils — groundnut, mustard, sesame
- Lithium batteries above 100 Wh on the air leg
Common Kota → Rajkot misjudgements
- Gold-jewellery samples — even small, even insured: precious-metal pieces are banned outright.
- Coaching-hostel ghee tins / pickle jars — semi-liquid; the most common refusal on student-return packages. Sealed dry namkeen and packaged mathri are fine.
- Tile-glaze raw materials — finished tile samples are fine; raw chemical glazes are not.
- Packed pickle / ghee / oil — semi-liquid / liquid; do not pack with regular parcels.
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 → Rajkot.
Can I get same-evening delivery to Race Course or Kalavad Road?
On express, yes — but only if you book before 10 AM. Express moves on the air leg via the Ahmedabad hub the same day, with last-mile to Race Course Ring Road, Kalavad Road or University Road by evening. Surface is overnight at the earliest — typically next working day. From Kota the express window is tight; book first thing in the morning if you need same-evening.
Do you ship Morbi tile and sanitaryware reverse-trade samples?
Yes. Tile and sanitaryware samples shipped from Kota industrial suppliers for onward Morbi-belt handover are common bulk-rate parcels on this lane. KYC paperwork is mandatory, and we strongly recommend declared-value cover — DTDC's default liability cap won't cover an export sample. Raw glaze chemicals and industrial solvents cannot ship.
How does Patel-diaspora gateway shipping work — when the parcel finally goes to the UK or USA?
Common pattern: Kota items routed through a Rajkot Patel-family member who consolidates and arranges onward international shipping. From our side, the AWB ends at Rajkot — we deliver to the family address there. The international leg is then their responsibility (or a separate booking, if you'd like us to handle Kota → UK / USA directly).