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by evnix 594 days ago
They have street names, but the areas are quite massive so you would have street names that would repeat and the areas are in constant development and more streets and flyovers gets added or removed every 2-3 years.

Address in India follows a block approach and the address is usually longer than a comparable western address, example;

B1803 xyz apartment

Sub block name

Block name

City division name

City name with pincode

State name

B108 stands for B wing 18th floor and house 3 in that floor in an apartment complex named xyz.

Street names don't scale well when you have a billion people with lot of vertical buildings in places like India or china.