telephoning India

kevin_Bkk · Oct 18th, 2009, 19:01

Oh deary me! What am I doing wrong? Can anyone help me?
I have been trying to telephone a friend in Bihar but the mobile number that I used last year gets no response. I keep trying to call several Thai Monasteries in Bihar, using the listed numbers, but I get no ringing tone or I get a recorded message saying that the number does not exist. have the numbers in Bihar changed?
For example, the number given for the Thai temple in Nalanda is (001) The international dial code then 91 (India's national code then the number 06112 81819.For Bodhgaya the number (001 91) 631 2200 4470. I have tried many times,both using and omitting the first zero. can anyone please tell me what I should be doing?

LilBoy BigTown · Oct 18th, 2009, 19:14

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Originally Posted by kevin_Bkk

Oh deary me! What am I doing wrong? Can anyone help me?
For example, the number given for the Thai temple in Nalanda is (001) The international dial code then 91 (India's national code then the number 06112 81819.For Bodhgaya the number (001 91) 631 2200 4470. I have tried many times,both using and omitting the first zero. can anyone please tell me what I should be doing?

Make sure you take off the zero (0) from the STD code (you call it India's national code).

You should dial + 91 (country code) 631 (Gaya's STD code), followed by the phone number.

thejag · Oct 18th, 2009, 19:19

1 is the country code for the US... and calling a number in india should require only 91 not a 001 in the beginning. the 001 is routing the call to the US...

(cross posted with LilBoy BigTown)

rest is as LilBoy BigTown says....

kevin_Bkk · Oct 18th, 2009, 20:15

Thank you so much Lilboy and Thejag for your speedy replies. However, the mystery continues. I live in Thailand and I have to dial 001 to get international. I then have to dial the country. I make a lot of overseas calls, so I know that that part is right. I omit the first zero as instructed. I have dialed several numbers many many times with the same lack of success. Because none of my Bihar numbers work, I suspect that Bihar has changed its numbers, probably adding another d

igit to the existing numbers.The whole telephone system for Bihar state couldn't be down, could it?

capt_mahajan · Oct 18th, 2009, 20:47

A mobile number requires no STD code.

If mobile number is 912345678

To dial this mobile/cellphone number, you need to do +91912345678 (you say + = 001, so that's what it is)

It is only a landline that will require the city code-minus the first zero.

If a landline no. is 23456789, then for Gaya you would dial +9163123456789

I don't think numbers have changed across Bihar, not sure.

kevin_Bkk · Oct 18th, 2009, 23:33

Many thanks Captain Mahajan.

kevin_Bkk · Oct 19th, 2009, 18:20

I have now been in touch with our local International telephone Directory. They say that numbers in India now have an extra digit and they don't know what this digit is for Bihar. Does any kind person know what this digit is and where it must be added?

Nick-H · Oct 19th, 2009, 18:36

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Originally Posted by LilBoy BigTown

Make sure you take off the zero (0) from the STD code (you call it India's national code).

The "STD" code is the city code (like 44 for Chennai), not the national code.

nayan · Oct 20th, 2009, 13:17

The STD code + the phone number should together be 10 digits.

There is something wrong about both the numbers(nalanda and bodh gaya)that you have given - the nalanda number is nine digits(the 0 infront of the 6 has to be discounted) and the bodhgaya number is 11 digits.

brishti · Oct 20th, 2009, 14:38

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Originally Posted by kevin_Bkk

the number given for the Thai temple in Nalanda is (001) The international dial code then 91 (India's national code then the number 06112 81819.For Bodhgaya the number (001 91) 631 2200 4470.

yup - nayan is absolutely and positively [

] correct... STD code + number = 10 digits.
std code for nalanda is 6112 - should have 6 digits following it... you have just 5 kevin.
std code for bodh gaya is 631 - should have 7 digits following it... you have 8 digits.

here's the good news - at least i hope its good and all works out!
i called bodh gaya with the 11 numbers and i got through

.
talk about a random, awkward conversation - however, the gent on the other end informed me, the correct number is... 631 220 0447
calling from BKK the number would be - +91 631 220 0447

i did my orphan annie act [shucks, works over the phone as well ] and enquired about the thai temple number in nalanda.
received the mobile number of a guide in nalanda -
prahlad - 99399 95626 [who asked me to call back and then...]
head priest of thai temple - 94308 39412. [he was vague about the name - but it sounded akin acham kham or thereabouts]
calling from BKK the number would be +91 94308 39412

hope it helps - do get back and let us know if it worked out.
loved this quasi detective work - just hope it helped though !!!!

:brishti

Nick-H · Oct 20th, 2009, 14:43

Wow, Detective Brishti!

nayan · Oct 20th, 2009, 14:44

Brishti

brishti · Oct 20th, 2009, 15:14

arre - i hope them numbers are the ones kevin is looking for!!!!

nothing like calling random/strange numbers - i-know-who-you-are-and-i-saw-what-you-did
:brishti

capt_mahajan · Oct 20th, 2009, 15:54

last summer?

Good work.

LilBoy BigTown · Oct 20th, 2009, 16:02

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Originally Posted by Nick-H

The "STD" code is the city code (like 44 for Chennai), not the national code.

That's what I meant Nick.

Oct 18th, 2009, 19:01	#1
kevin_Bkk Retired Irish traveler from Bangkok Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangkok Posts: 45	telephoning India Oh deary me! What am I doing wrong? Can anyone help me? I have been trying to telephone a friend in Bihar but the mobile number that I used last year gets no response. I keep trying to call several Thai Monasteries in Bihar, using the listed numbers, but I get no ringing tone or I get a recorded message saying that the number does not exist. have the numbers in Bihar changed? For example, the number given for the Thai temple in Nalanda is (001) The international dial code then 91 (India's national code then the number 06112 81819.For Bodhgaya the number (001 91) 631 2200 4470. I have tried many times,both using and omitting the first zero. can anyone please tell me what I should be doing?

Oct 18th, 2009, 20:47	#5
capt_mahajan Infidel Sufi Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: styx Posts: 13,601	A mobile number requires no STD code. If mobile number is 912345678 To dial this mobile/cellphone number, you need to do +91912345678 (you say + = 001, so that's what it is) It is only a landline that will require the city code-minus the first zero. If a landline no. is 23456789, then for Gaya you would dial +9163123456789 I don't think numbers have changed across Bihar, not sure. __________________ . Outside the machine

Oct 19th, 2009, 18:20	#7
kevin_Bkk Retired Irish traveler from Bangkok Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangkok Posts: 45	still can't get Bihar I have now been in touch with our local International telephone Directory. They say that numbers in India now have an extra digit and they don't know what this digit is for Bihar. Does any kind person know what this digit is and where it must be added?

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kevin_Bkk Retired Irish traveler from Bangkok Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangkok Posts: 45	Thank you so much Lilboy and Thejag for your speedy replies. However, the mystery continues. I live in Thailand and I have to dial 001 to get international. I then have to dial the country. I make a lot of overseas calls, so I know that that part is right. I omit the first zero as instructed. I have dialed several numbers many many times with the same lack of success. Because none of my Bihar numbers work, I suspect that Bihar has changed its numbers, probably adding another d igit to the existing numbers.The whole telephone system for Bihar state couldn't be down, could it?

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kevin_Bkk Retired Irish traveler from Bangkok Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangkok Posts: 45	Many thanks Captain Mahajan.

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nayan Forum Leader Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: hyderabad/tokyo Posts: 1,930	The STD code + the phone number should together be 10 digits. There is something wrong about both the numbers(nalanda and bodh gaya)that you have given - the nalanda number is nine digits(the 0 infront of the 6 has to be discounted) and the bodhgaya number is 11 digits.

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Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,183	Wow, Detective Brishti!

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brishti disMember Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: india Posts: 3,687	arre - i hope them numbers are the ones kevin is looking for!!!! nothing like calling random/strange numbers - i-know-who-you-are-and-i-saw-what-you-did :brishti

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capt_mahajan Infidel Sufi Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: styx Posts: 13,601	last summer? Good work.