The PAN card plays an important role in verifying identity at different offices or portals, opening a bank account or Demat account, filing income tax, and other activities. Hence, it is quintessential for cardholders to know different methods of checking PAN numbers when a card is unavailable.

This article highlights various quick methods that are available to know your PAN number and offers a clear idea to check other details related to your PAN card.

Some of the popular ways to know your PAN number that one must know are:

• PAN number via mobile application – Indian PAN Card
• PAN number via name and date of birth
• PAN number via Income Tax Department e-filing website
• PAN via sending Email

All methods are step-wise discussed later in this context for quick understanding and seamless derivation of the required information.

The mobile application, Indian PAN Card, is also a stellar place to know your PAN number. Here are the simple steps that one needs to follow to derive the data quickly:

Step 1: First, download a mobile application and an Indian PAN Card.

Step 2: Upon successfully downloading the application, open the app and click on the "Know Your PAN" option, which you will find at the bottom of this page.

Step 3: Provide the necessary information and a valid mobile number.

Step 4: A user will receive an OTP on a mobile number. Provide an OTP and select the option "Submit".

Step 5: Upon completion of the previous step, you will be able to view PAN card information.

Individuals looking for a PAN number can avail of the same on the Income Tax Department e-Filing website by providing only name and date of birth information. The steps to follow by quick derivation of the details:

Step 1: First, log on to the official website of the Income Tax Department e-Filing.

Step 2: This step begins with clicking on the “Verify Your PAN details” option on this website.

Step 3: Now, enter the details in the appropriate format:

• Surname, middle name and first name.
• Date of Incorporation or Date of Birth in the DD/MM/YYYY format.

Step 4: Provide the Captcha Code correctly that is displayed on the screen and choose the option "Submit".

The individual will be able to get the following details – PAN card number, first and last name, status, jurisdiction, etc.

An individual can use the Income Tax Department e-filing website for the purpose of knowing his or her PAN number. To find a PAN card number, he or she must primarily register in this portal. Here is a complete step-by-step guide on how to register on the Income Tax Department's official website:

Step 1: Firstly, this process starts with visiting the official website of the Income Tax Department's e-Filing section.

Step 2: Select the option "Register Yourself" on this page.

Step 3: Now, choose a user type as per what is applicable and proceed by clicking on “Continue”.

Step 4: Enter all personal information as needed.

Step 5: Carefully fill up all the registration forms and finally click on "Submit."

Step 6: You will get an OTP in a mobile number and email id provided by you at the time of filing all the information.

Step 7: Provide this OTP to complete the registration process successfully.

Step 8: Finally, log in to the e-filing website with new credentials and click on "Profile Settings".

Step 9: Under "Profile Setting options, choose "My Profile", where you will be able to find information like PAN number, name, date of birth, gender, address, status, etc. in the "PAN details" option.

To offer individuals convenience and solve their query of how to know the PAN number, the Government of India has offered the facility of using email facility for this information. All you have to do is send an email to tininfo@nsdl.co.in, which is the official email id of NSDL (Now Proteam of Technologies Limited). One can also send an email to the official email ID of UTIITSL, which is utiitsl.gsd@utiitsl.com.

The above-mentioned are some of the renowned ways of finding a PAN number that involve following some quick steps. Apart from these, many individuals face challenges in checking the application status of a PAN with and without an acknowledgement number. Hence, the latter part of this context covers important queries related to PAN.

Successful checking of PAN status can be achieved by following the below-mentioned comprehensive step-by-step process:

Step 1: Visit the tracking page of UTIITSL.

Step 2: Enter an application coupon number correctly. Individuals who do not have this application coupon number can provide a 10-digit PAN card number.

Step 3: Next, choose any of the following – date of birth, agreement or incorporation.

Step 4: Individual needs to provide a captcha code to check a PAN card's status.

Step 5: Finally, click on the "submit" option to check the status.

The following are the steps to check PAN status without the acknowledgement number:

Step 1: First, visit the official website of NSDL.

Step 2: You will find the tab "Application Type", under which select the option "PAN-New/Change Request".

Step 3: Provide last name, middle name and first name and date of birth.

Step 4: Finally, click on the "Submit" option to check the status.

Here are the following guides to seamlessly check PAN status with the name and date of birth:

Step 1: First, visit the official website of the Income Tax Department e-filing.

Step 2: You will find an option "Quick Links", under which select the tab "Verify Your PAN Details".

Step 3: Provide information like name, date of birth and PAN number.

Step 4: Choose a status whichever is applicable.

Step 5: A captcha will appear on the screen. Provide the same care and select the "Submit" option.

Step 6: Finally, on the redirected page, you will be able to check the PAN card status and other related information.