Post & Telegraphs

For the benefit of the yatris visiting the holy Shrine of Vaishno Devi, the following post offices offer their standard services to the devotees. Devotees can send telegrams, post letters, send money orders, or avail of any other standard facility being offered by the Department of Posts & Telegraphs, Government of India. STD/ISD/PCO booths function all over Katra, along the track and right up till Bhawan. A few of them are open for all 24 hours. The STD code for Katra is 01991. A few cyber cafes are also functional. Mobile phone services have only recently been started and the only operators at present is BSNL & Airtel. While post paid Cell One and MTNL Dolphin connections & Airtel are functional in Katra also, pre paid connections or Cell connections of other operators (Hutch, Idea etc.) are currently not functional. Pre paid cards are currently not available.