Indian phone number lookup (+91)

Who called you from +91? Look up any India mobile, landline or toll-free number to see the carrier, line type, region and spam reports — free and anonymous.

Unknown calls from India

Few phone markets are as busy as India's, and the volume of unsolicited calls matches it. Loan offers, credit-card upsells, insurance pitches and real-estate promotions arrive daily, often from ordinary 10-digit mobile numbers rather than registered telemarketing series. Mixed in with that noise are far more dangerous calls: fraudsters posing as police, customs, courier firms or bank staff who try to frighten people into paying or sharing an OTP. Because a missed call from an unfamiliar number could equally be a delivery agent, a hospital or a scammer, many Indians check a number before ringing back, and search the digits to see whether others have flagged them as spam.

India phone numbers at a glance

Country calling code: +91
Trunk prefix: 0
Number format: Mobile numbers have 10 digits and begin with 6, 7, 8 or 9. Landlines combine an STD area code (2–4 digits) with a subscriber number for 10 digits in total; a leading 0 is added for domestic long-distance calls.
Example (national): 098765 43210
Example (international): +91 98765 43210
Emergency number: 112 (national emergency number); 100 police, 101 fire, 108 ambulance in most states
Telecom regulator: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

To call a Indian number from abroad, drop the leading 0 and dial +91 first: 098765 43210 becomes +91 98765 43210. A missed call showing +91 at the start came from a India number.

How to tell what kind of Indian number called you

Mobile numbers

Type	Starts with	Notes
Mobile (6 series)	6	Newer 10-digit mobile allocations; issued by all major operators.
Mobile (7 series)	7	10-digit mobile numbers. Mobile number portability means the first digits no longer reliably identify the operator.
Mobile (8 and 9 series)	8 / 9	The longest-established mobile ranges; 9-series numbers date back to the early days of Indian mobile service.

Toll-free, premium and special numbers

Type	Starts with	Notes
Toll-free	1800	Free to call; widely used by banks, airlines and government helplines.
Customer care (non-toll-free)	1860	Business helpline numbers charged to the caller rather than free.
Registered telemarketing	140	Series allocated by TRAI to registered telemarketers for promotional voice calls.
Service and transactional calls	160	Series introduced by TRAI for service and transactional calls from entities such as banks and regulated financial firms.

Mobile networks in India

Numbers can be ported between networks, so the prefix alone does not prove which carrier a number is on today. A WhoCallsMe lookup reads the current carrier of record. The main mobile operators are:

Jio
Airtel
Vi (Vodafone Idea)
BSNL

Common phone scams in India

"Digital arrest" calls

A caller claims to be from the police, CBI, customs or a courier company and says a parcel or bank account in your name is linked to a crime. The victim is pushed onto a video call, told not to hang up or tell anyone, and pressured to transfer money for "verification". No Indian agency arrests people over a video call.

KYC update and account block threats

An SMS or call warns that your bank account, wallet or SIM will be suspended unless KYC details are updated today. A link leads to a fake login page, or the caller asks for an OTP or a screen-sharing app. Genuine banks do not ask customers to share OTPs or install remote-access apps.

Part-time job and task scams

Messages on WhatsApp or Telegram offer easy money for liking videos or rating hotels. Small early payouts build trust, then victims are asked to deposit growing sums to unlock bigger "tasks" or withdraw earnings. The platform eventually stops paying and the organisers disappear with the deposits.

Report scam calls in India

Report suspected fraud calls and messages on Sanchar Saathi (sancharsaathi.gov.in) using the Chakshu facility; report financial cyber fraud on 1930 or at cybercrime.gov.in; report unsolicited commercial calls through the TRAI DND app.

Stop unwanted calls

National Customer Preference Register (NCPR), commonly called DND: register by calling or texting 1909 from your mobile, or through the TRAI DND app.

India number lookup FAQ

Who called me from +91?+

+91 is India's country code, so the call came from an Indian number. A 10-digit number starting with 6–9 after the +91 is a mobile; anything else is usually a landline. Search the full number on WhoCallsMe to see whether other people have reported it as spam or fraud.

Why do I still get spam calls after activating DND?+

DND stops registered telemarketers using the 140 series and similar headers. Many nuisance calls come from unregistered individual mobile numbers, which the register cannot block. Report those through the TRAI DND app or Chakshu so operators can investigate and disconnect abusive connections.

Is a call from a 140 number genuine?+

A 140-series number belongs to a registered telemarketer, so it is a sales or promotional call rather than a personal one. That does not make every offer trustworthy. Never share OTPs, card details or banking passwords, regardless of which number appears on screen.