How to get specific area name provided pincode of that area?

Question

Is it possible to get info on subarea by providing pincode using google APIs? For example when I give pincode as 600020 it gives chennai as result, however this city contains pincodes from 600001 - 600132(approx). What I would like get from google is subarea information, something like a list containing adyar, gandhinagar etc. I am trying to query like:

http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=india&components=postal_code:600020&sensor=false

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Answer 1

I was not able to fetch the area names directly from the pincode. Instead I am doing this. I fetch the lat and lng of the pincode using Geocoding API. Using that lat and lng, I am hitting the same geocode but with the latlong this time and getting the list of area names. Here is the implementation.

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=india&components=postal_code:600100&sensor=false&key={YOUR_KEY_HERE}

gave me the response of

           "lat" : 12.9171412,
           "lng" : 80.1940972

I hit the same geocode API now by passing the lat and lng in it.

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=12.9171412,80.1940972&sensor=true&key={YOUR_KEY_HERE}

I got the response of all the area names associated with it from the key "formatted_address".

1. No.20, Adhi sami Nagar Main Road, Pallikarani, Medavakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600100, India
2. 502, Pallikaranai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600100, India
3. 209, Velachery Main Rd, Medavakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600100, India
4. 209-879, Velachery Main Rd, Medavakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600100, India
5. Medavakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
6. Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600100, India
7. Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
8. Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
9. Tamil Nadu, India
10. India
11. W58V+VJ Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

P.S Kind of works for me but still looking for a single API in google geocoding API's itself to solve the problem