Send a parcel from Udaipur to Port Blair. Air-only via Chennai.
Roughly 2,250 kilometres as the crow flies — but every parcel to the Andamans moves on the air leg via Chennai (or Kolkata). Plan for 5–6 working days. Surface routing does not exist on this lane. Pickup from your Udaipur address is free for parcels of 5 kg or more.
Pickup in Udaipur, mainland hub, Chennai/Kolkata air leg, Port Blair last-mile.
Pickup, Udaipur.
Within 60–90 minutes of your call. We bring tape, bubble wrap and a luggage scale; the parcel is sealed at your address. We also pre-check items so nothing reaches Chennai only to get rejected at security.
Mainland staging.
Same-evening handover to DTDC’s Udaipur facility, then road movement to the Ahmedabad / Mumbai hub. Onward connection to Chennai (primary) or Kolkata, depending on the day’s air capacity.
Air leg to Port Blair.
Chennai → Veer Savarkar International (IXZ) is the only practical route — there is no road or sea-freight option on a courier lane. Sortation at the airport, then last-mile across South Andaman.
POD on WhatsApp.
Once delivered we forward the proof of delivery (signature image and stamp) on WhatsApp the same hour. Allow for the 90-minute IST clock difference vs. mainland operations.
Starting rates, Udaipur → Port Blair.
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) — / kg Surface NOT available — air-only on this lane. Express tier applies.
- Express parcel (air) from ₹180 / kg 5–6 working days via Chennai/Kolkata air leg. Door delivery in Port Blair.
- Bulk consignment (35 kg+) from ₹120 / kg Min 35 kg. Routed to Chennai by surface, then air to Port Blair — cheaper per kg, slightly slower.
Pickup is free in Udaipur on this lane for parcels 5 kg and above. Volumetric formula: (L × W × H cm) ÷ 5000. Air leg has stricter restrictions — see the prohibited list below before you pack.
Government paperwork, student care-kits, navy-family parcels.
Andaman & Nicobar Administration documents
UT Secretariat, Raj Niwas, Directorate-of-Education sealed-cover originals. Express only — surface is not an option, and the air leg is paperwork-friendly with proper packing.
Pondicherry-University extension / JNRM students
Care-kits to Jawaharlal Nehru Rajkeeya Mahavidyalaya and Pondicherry University’s Port Blair extension students. Books, kitchen-kits, dry rations. Plan a week ahead — there is no overnight option.
Military / Coast Guard family parcels
Port Blair hosts the Andaman & Nicobar Command (the tri-services command) and a major Indian Coast Guard district. Sealed-cover paperwork, family parcels, replacement uniforms — handled with the right base-camp address routing.
Cellular Jail tourism returns
Visitors from Udaipur who picked up shell-craft (the legal kind), books or souvenirs at Aberdeen Bazaar and want it shipped home — or the reverse, posting forgotten items to relatives still on the islands.
Marwari business families
A small but long-standing Marwari trading community runs wholesale shops in Aberdeen Bazaar and Phoenix Bay. Recurring B2B parcels Udaipur ↔ Port Blair — typically dry goods only, no liquids.
Retiree parcels
Permanent island settlers (often ex-services) ordering from mainland family. Slow lane, but reliable when you book Express and pad transit by a day for weather.
Stricter than mainland — read this twice.
DTDC bans the usual list. The Andamans add their own — and the air leg means anything liquid, pressurised or flammable is a hard no. Items most often misjudged on the Udaipur → Port Blair lane:
Banned outright (air + island rules)
- Liquids of any kind — perfumes, attars, oils, gels, hand sanitiser
- Aerosols and pressurised cans
- Lithium batteries above 100 Wh
- Currency notes and gold/silver bullion
- Local-make liquor (banned in transit; A&N has its own retail rules)
- All perishables — there is no surface route, and 5–6 days on air is too long
Andaman-specific traps
- Coral, shells, sand — banned under wildlife and tribal-protection laws. Even decorative shell-craft from a tourist shop can be seized.
- Marine-life products — turtle shell, sea-fan, dried starfish — all illegal.
- Tribal artefacts — anything resembling Jarawa / Sentinelese / Nicobari craft cannot be shipped.
- Plant material — mainland soil, seeds, cuttings — restricted under island bio-security.
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. The status often sits at the Chennai hub for 24–48 hours waiting for the next air slot to IXZ — that is normal. When delivery happens we forward the POD — signed slip or photo — within the hour.
Specific to Udaipur → Port Blair.
Can I send a surface parcel to Port Blair? It would be cheaper.
No. There is no surface route to the Andamans on a courier network — every consignment moves on the air leg from Chennai (or sometimes Kolkata) to Veer Savarkar Airport, IXZ. Even our Bulk tier (35 kg+) routes mainland-by-surface but then takes the same air leg. Realistically, expect 5–6 working days and Express-tier pricing on anything below 35 kg.
Do you deliver beyond Port Blair — to Havelock or Diglipur?
Yes, via DTDC last-mile from the Port Blair facility. Add 2–3 working days for Havelock (Swaraj Dweep) and Neil (Shaheed Dweep), and 4–5 working days for Diglipur in North Andaman — those legs only run on certain weekdays depending on inter-island ferry / road schedules. We will tell you the realistic ETA before you book.
I’m sending sealed-cover paperwork to a Coast Guard / Naval base. Anything special?
Yes — the recipient address must include the unit name and base camp (not just "Naval Officer" with a personal name), since base-camp mail rooms route by unit code. We label the AWB with "C/O Base Camp Mail Room — for Unit [code]". Some sealed covers also need a covering letter from your dispatching office; if so, attach a sealed copy outside the parcel and the original inside. We have run this pattern enough times to know what works.
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