Send a parcel from Sikar to Rajkot. We pick up free.
Roughly 880 kilometres south-west via Jaipur and Ahmedabad onto NH27, 2–3 working days on surface — next-morning if you book express before noon. Pickup from your Sikar address (including Shekhawati havelis and Marwari merchant lanes) is free for parcels of 5 kg or more.
Pickup in Sikar, hub through Ahmedabad, last-mile across Saurashtra.
Pickup, Sikar.
Within 60–90 minutes of your call across the Shekhawati heritage belt (Sikar town, Khatu Shyamji-axis villages, Laxmangarh, Fatehpur), the Marwari merchant lanes around Ramleela Maidan and Subhash Chowk, and the Mayo-alumni / NRI family areas.
Hub transit.
Same-evening handover to DTDC's Sikar facility, then road movement via Jaipur and down NH48 to the Ahmedabad hub overnight.
Rajkot delivery.
Onward leg from Ahmedabad to DTDC Rajkot on NH27, sortation, and last-mile to Race Course Ring Road, Kalavad Road, University Road or anywhere across the city — typically next working day on surface.
POD on WhatsApp.
Once delivered, we forward the proof of delivery (signature image and stamp) on WhatsApp the same hour.
Starting rates, Sikar → 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 2–3 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 Sikar on this lane for parcels 5 kg and above. Volumetric formula: (L × W × H cm) ÷ 5000.
Shekhawati-NRI care kits, Marwari business diaspora, Patel-diaspora gateway.
Shekhawati-NRI care kits
Sikar's Shekhawati heritage families have deep diaspora links. Care kits — pickled mangoes (commercial sealed only), packaged sweets within shelf-life, festival outfits, religious items — go to Saurashtra-Patel and Marwari business cousins around Rajkot who often ship onward to UK / US / Africa.
Marwari business diaspora parcels
Sikar's old-city Marwari trading families have multi-generational ties with the Saurashtra-Marwari business community in Rajkot. Wedding outfits, signed contracts (express only), partnership documents and festival hampers move both ways steadily.
Patel-diaspora gateway parcels
Care kits and family parcels routed through a Rajkot relative who consolidates and arranges onward international shipping to UK / US Patel households. AWB ends at Rajkot — we deliver to the family address there.
B2B handicraft to Race Course / Kalavad Road
Recurring shipments from Shekhawati fresco-revival and handicraft workshops to Rajkot showrooms in Race Course Ring Road, Kalavad Road and University Road retail. Weekly slots; rate sheet on contract.
Heritage-tourism returns
International and Mumbai / Saurashtra-resident visitors to Shekhawati havelis (Nawalgarh, Mandawa, Sikar town) shipping their purchases home — fresco prints, Marwari brass, miniature paintings. Packed at your haveli or hotel before you fly out.
Wedding & festival shipments
Marwari-Patel cross-state weddings on the Sikar-Rajkot axis — outfits, return-gift consolidation, photographer hard drives, decor returns. Single-afternoon bulk pickup, one GST invoice.
A short, real list.
DTDC (and every air-network courier) prohibits these. Items most often misjudged on the Sikar → 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
- Edible oils — groundnut, mustard, sesame, ghee
- Lithium batteries above 100 Wh on the air leg
Common Sikar → Rajkot misjudgements
- Pickled mangoes from the haveli kitchen — only commercially sealed jars under shelf-life; loose haveli-made jars cannot ship.
- Gold-jewellery samples — even small, even insured: precious-metal pieces are banned outright.
- Tile-glaze raw materials — finished tile samples are fine; raw chemical glazes are not.
- Pooja oils / ghee / mustard 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 Sikar → Rajkot.
Can I get next-morning delivery to Race Course Ring Road or Kalavad Road?
Yes, on express only, and only if you book before noon. The air leg moves Sikar → Ahmedabad → Rajkot overnight, with last-mile to Race Course Ring Road, Kalavad Road or University Road by next morning. Surface is 2–3 working days at the earliest.
Do you handle Morbi tile-export reverse-trade B2B parcels via Rajkot?
Yes. Sikar Marwari business families regularly stock-build for Morbi tile and sanitaryware. Rajkot is the gateway: we ship purchase orders, sample swatches and KYC paperwork via Rajkot for onward Morbi handover. KYC is mandatory and we strongly recommend declared-value cover — 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 Shekhawati pattern: a Sikar care kit or family parcel is routed through a Rajkot family member who consolidates and arranges onward international shipping to UK / US Patel households. 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 Sikar → UK / USA directly).