- PROVINCE
- Punjab
- DIVISION
- Rawalpindi DivisionDigit 2 of the prefix — 8
- DISTRICT
- Rawalpindi District
- LOCAL ZONE
- Rawalpindi — city registration zoneDigits 4–5 of the prefix — 01
- TEHSILS
- 7Rawalpindi · Murree · Gujar Khan · Kahuta · Kallar Syedan · Kotli Sattian · Taxila
What 38401 tells you
A Pakistani CNIC is thirteen digits long, and the first five of them are not random. They are a location record, written at the moment the card was registered. A card whose number opens with 38401 was registered in Rawalpindi District, Punjab, in Rawalpindi Division.
Reading it left to right: 3 is the province digit and is definitive — 3 always means Punjab. 8 selects the division inside that province, here Rawalpindi Division. 4 selects the district inside that division, which gives us Rawalpindi. The final pair, 01, is a local registration zone — roughly union-council level, recorded in this register as Rawalpindi — city registration zone.
TEHSILS OF RAWALPINDI
Rawalpindi District is divided into 7 administrative tehsils. NADRA’s internal registration zones do not map one-to-one onto tehsil boundaries, so treat this as the administrative picture rather than a decoder for digits four and five.
| # | Tehsil | District | Province |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rawalpindi | Rawalpindi | Punjab |
| 2 | Murree | Rawalpindi | Punjab |
| 3 | Gujar Khan | Rawalpindi | Punjab |
| 4 | Kahuta | Rawalpindi | Punjab |
| 5 | Kallar Syedan | Rawalpindi | Punjab |
| 6 | Kotli Sattian | Rawalpindi | Punjab |
| 7 | Taxila | Rawalpindi | Punjab |
DOCUMENTED LOCAL ZONES UNDER 384
These are the five-digit codes this register can name for Rawalpindi District. Codes not listed here still exist — NADRA has simply never published the full zone table.
OTHER DISTRICTS IN RAWALPINDI DIVISION
COMMON QUESTIONS
Which district is CNIC code 38401?
38401 belongs to Rawalpindi District in Punjab, within Rawalpindi Division.
The first three digits (384) identify the district; the last two (01) identify a local registration zone inside it — recorded here as Rawalpindi — city registration zone.
Does a 38401 CNIC mean the holder lives in Rawalpindi?
No. The regional prefix records where the card was registered with NADRA, not where the holder lives now. People who move, or who register at a family address, keep the original prefix.
It is also not proof of domicile. Domicile is a separate certificate issued by the district administration.
Which tehsils fall under Rawalpindi District?
Rawalpindi District covers 7 administrative tehsils: Rawalpindi, Murree, Gujar Khan, Kahuta, Kallar Syedan, Kotli Sattian, Taxila.
Tehsil boundaries and NADRA's internal registration zones are not the same thing, so the last two digits of a CNIC do not map one-to-one onto this list.
How reliable is the code 38401?
38401 is a documented anchor code — it appears consistently in public records and published examples, so the district mapping is solid.
NADRA has never released a complete district-to-prefix table, which is why this register marks every entry as either a documented anchor or a derived code.
KEEP LOOKING
Sources. Administrative data adapted from Wikipedia (CNIC, Administrative units of Pakistan, Districts of Pakistan) under CC BY-SA 4.0, with changes; prefix mapping cross-checked against public administrative and community-compiled lists. Reviewed 2026-09-02. Full sources, accuracy and ethics. Unofficial reference — not affiliated with NADRA, and not proof of identity or domicile.