Why Indian Address Parsing Is Broken (And What I...

Every country has address quirks. India's are in a league of their own. There is no universal street numbering system. The same city can appear as "Bengaluru", "Bangalore", "BLR" or "ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು" depending on who's writing it. Addresses frequently include landmarks instead of street names.. "Near SBI ATM, Opposite Ganesh Temple" is a real, functional address in India. And there are 23,915 pincodes covering a population of 1.4 billion people. If you are building e-commerce, logistics, fintech or gov