Taxi and tour operators
Highways towards Shimla, Ambala and Patiala meet at Zirakpur, so hill trips and airport runs start or pass here.[5]
- Fare and car replies
- Driver's details the evening before
- Return-pickup reminder
Punjab · 30.7° N, 76.8° E
WhatsApp Business API for Zirakpur's taxis, guest houses and housing societies
Zirakpur began as a string of villages on the Chandigarh–Ambala highway and is now its own municipal council, with a master plan to 2031. Its trade still turns on the junction: travellers, movers and goods all pass through it.
- State
- Punjab
- District
- SAS Nagar (Mohali), formed on 14 April 2006[1]
- Civic body
- Zirakpur Municipal Council[2]
- Master plan
- Zirakpur (2031), approved by GMADA[3]
- Highways
- On the Chandigarh–Ambala road; junction for Shimla and Patiala[5]
- District ODOP
- Engineering goods; sculptures; pharma and medical equipment[4]
- Billing
- ₹ with GST to your Punjab GSTIN
For Zirakpur's taxi and tour operators at the junction where the Shimla, Ambala and Patiala highways meet, its guest houses near Chandigarh's airport, the builders and resident societies of a town planned to 2031, and the district's engineering-goods distributors: one hill trip from enquiry to return, and its cost.
See it work
One hill trip booked through Zirakpur, message by message
A family flying into Chandigarh books a Zirakpur taxi for a few days in Shimla. Scrub along the trip to see which messages are replies, which are templates, and which need the family's yes.
Two of the six stops need a template, and both are utility: the driver's details and the return reminder. Everything the family prompts is a reply. Only the last stop is marketing, and only with a recorded yes.
From the first question to the drop back at the airport
6 / 6
Weeks laterComing upEvent 6 of 6
Next season
A note about a winter trip is marketing, sent only if the family said yes to offers; otherwise the operator waits for them to write.
Event 6 of 6: Weeks later — Next season (coming up). A note about a winter trip is marketing, sent only if the family said yes to offers; otherwise the operator waits for them to write.
Zirakpur in eight lines
From the SAS Nagar district administration, GMADA, Invest India's ODOP list and, for geography, Wikipedia.
SAS Nagar became Punjab's 18th district on 14 April 2006, carved out of areas of Ropar and Patiala districts.[1]
The district names Zirakpur among its important townships, with Mohali, Kharar, Kurali and Dera Bassi, and its collector-rate notices list Zirakpur as a tehsil.[1]
Zirakpur is governed by its own municipal council, one of the district's municipal bodies alongside the S.A.S. Nagar municipal corporation.[2]
The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority lists an approved master plan for Zirakpur with a 2031 horizon.[3]
Zirakpur lies next to Mohali at the foot of the Shivaliks, on the Chandigarh–Ambala highway, at a junction of national highways towards Shimla, Ambala and Patiala.[5]
It grew from a group of small villages along that highway, which came to seem part of Chandigarh as the city spread; Baltana, now part of Zirakpur, grew close to Panchkula.[5]
Chandigarh's airport and railway station are both close to the town, and the Chhatbir Zoo is nearby.[5]
Invest India's One District One Product list names engineering goods, sculptures and pharmaceuticals and medical equipment for SAS Nagar.[4]
Who in Zirakpur sends first
Four businesses that follow from the junction, the airport, a growing planned town and the district's products.
Guest houses and hotels
Chandigarh's airport and railway station are close, and travellers ask for a room on the day they land.[5]
- Room and tariff replies
- Booking confirmation
- Check-out receipt
Builders, property offices and resident societies
A town that grew from highway villages now plans to 2031 under an approved master plan, and its societies run on notices.[5],[3]
- Site-visit confirmation
- Payment-due notice to buyers
- Maintenance reminders to residents
Engineering-goods distributors
Engineering goods are an SAS Nagar ODOP product, supplied to dealers. Pharma and medical equipment are on the list too, but Meta's policy bars their sale on WhatsApp.[4]
- Order confirmation from the software
- Dispatch note
- Payment reminder
Punjabi, Hindi and English at the junction
The roads through Zirakpur lead to Ambala in Haryana and Shimla in Himachal as well as across Punjab. Punjabi, Hindi and English are all Meta template languages, each approved separately.
Replies inside the 24-hour window can be in any language a customer writes. InfiQ's own support works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Punjabi | pa | Residents, buyers and customers from Punjab |
| Hindi | hi | Travellers from Haryana, Himachal and further away |
| English (India) | en_IN | Societies, property paperwork and corporate travellers |
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
What a hill season costs a Zirakpur taxi operator
A plan from ₹999 a month, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.145 for a reply to a family that asked, ₹0.19 for the driver's details or a return reminder, ₹0.94 for a winter-trip offer to opted-in customers and ₹0.14 for a passcode.
Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC
Lite
₹999 / month≈ $10.51 USD
₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ $8.76 USD
Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $26.29 USD
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Zirakpur · India
| Category | ₹ INR | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹0.9435 | $0.0099 |
| Utility | ₹0.1941 | $0.0020 |
| Authentication | ₹0.1402 | $0.0015 |
| Service | ₹0.1450 | $0.0015 |
Per-message rates for all 47 markets, in ₹ and USD
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | $0.0572₹5.4352 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | $0.0578₹5.4970 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 |
| Chile | $0.0822₹7.8162 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | $0.0116₹1.0993 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | $0.0596₹5.6629 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 |
| France | $0.0795₹7.5588 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 |
| Germany | $0.126₹12.0088 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 |
| India | $0.0099₹0.9435 | $0.0020₹0.1941 | $0.0015₹0.1402 | $0.0015₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | $0.0380₹3.6133 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 |
| Israel | $0.0327₹3.1045 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 |
| Italy | $0.0735₹6.9847 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | $0.0733₹6.9671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | $0.0796₹7.5644 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | $0.0367₹3.4877 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | $0.0383₹3.6425 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | $0.148₹14.0494 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | $0.0478₹4.5421 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 |
| Oman | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | $0.0438₹4.1620 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 |
| Peru | $0.0651₹6.1843 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 |
| Poland | $0.0338₹3.2105 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 |
| Romania | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 |
| Russia | $0.0742₹7.0520 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | $0.0351₹3.3385 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 |
| Spain | $0.0654₹6.2161 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | $0.0101₹0.9587 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | $0.0587₹5.5795 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 |
| North America | $0.0231₹2.1976 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | $0.0208₹1.9796 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | $0.0779₹7.4057 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | $0.0684₹6.5048 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | $0.0363₹3.4490 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | $0.0548₹5.2054 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 |
| Other | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 |
Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. A traveller from Delhi or Shimla on an Indian number costs the India rate. A resident society's maintenance reminders are utility. Invoices carry your Punjab GSTIN.
Work out your own monthly cost by message type.
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What a Zirakpur business runs on InfiQ
Matched to the trip above and the town around it.
- Shared team inbox
One WhatsApp number answered by a team: 10 users on Lite and 25 on Growth, agent and manager roles, transfers, private notes, labels and canned replies.
The booking desk and the drivers on the road answer one number, with notes on each trip, so a family's question at the airport reaches whoever is driving.
- Integrations over the API
Shopify, WooCommerce, Razorpay, Zoho CRM, HubSpot, Google Sheets and others connect through InfiQ's API and webhooks today; native one-click connectors are still in development.
A payment gateway or a society's billing sheet connects through InfiQ's API and webhooks, so the advance link and the maintenance bill land in the right chat.
- WhatsApp Coexistence
Keep using the WhatsApp Business app on the same number while the API runs alongside it, within Meta's coexistence limits.
An operator who already takes bookings on the WhatsApp Business app can keep it on the same number while the API sends the driver's details.
- Consent records and opt-out enforcement
Each contact's opt-in source and time are recorded, STOP replies are enforced at platform level (even against later imports), and the audit trail exports.
Winter-trip offers and new-project news go only to customers whose yes is recorded with its date and source, and STOP replies are enforced.
Nearby
City pages around Zirakpur
The tricity and the nearest markets in Punjab and Haryana, on the map.
Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula each have their own page about their own trades. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Guides for Zirakpur teams
Questions Zirakpur businesses ask
- Q1
Families book our Zirakpur taxi for Shimla days in advance. Can we send the driver's name and vehicle number the evening before?
Yes. Details for a trip the family booked are a utility template at ₹0.19, with the driver's name, the vehicle number and the pickup time as variables. Send it to customers who agreed to receive booking updates on WhatsApp; their replies open a 24-hour window for your answers.
- Q2
A traveller who has just landed at Chandigarh asks our Zirakpur guest house for a room tonight. Are our replies marketing?
No. The traveller wrote first, so for 24 hours your tariff, room photos and directions are replies at ₹0.145 each, with no template. A message you send unasked to past guests about a weekend rate would be marketing at ₹0.94, and only for those who opted in.
- Q3
Our Zirakpur property office sends payment-due notices to buyers of flats under construction. Is that a utility message?
Yes, when it is about the buyer's own agreement: an instalment notice with the amount and due date is a utility template at ₹0.19. News of a new project sent to people who have not bought is marketing, and only for contacts who opted in.
- Q4
We run the resident welfare association of a Zirakpur housing society. Can maintenance reminders go on WhatsApp?
Yes, to residents who agreed to receive society updates. A maintenance bill or a water-shutdown notice is a utility template at ₹0.19, approved in Punjabi, Hindi or English. Residents' replies are answered as ordinary replies for 24 hours.
- Q5
Our Zirakpur engineering-goods distributor supplies dealers across SAS Nagar. Can order confirmations go out from our own software?
Yes. Engineering goods are one of SAS Nagar's ODOP products, and an order confirmation is a utility template at ₹0.19. Your software can send it over InfiQ's API, which is included on Growth and an add-on on Lite.
- Q6
Visitors ask our Zirakpur cab stand about a trip to the Chhatbir Zoo. What does our answer cost?
An answer to the visitor's own question is a reply at ₹0.145, and so is everything else you send inside the next 24 hours. If they book for another day and you confirm after the chat has gone quiet, that confirmation is a utility template at ₹0.19.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
- [1]SAS Nagar (Mohali) district: official website · District Administration, SAS Nagar · read 2026-10-21
- [2]Municipalities · District Administration, SAS Nagar · read 2026-10-21
- [3]Master plans: Zirakpur (2031) · Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) · read 2026-10-21
- [4]ODOP product list, V33 (31 December 2025) · Invest India · read 2026-10-21
- [5]Zirakpur (geography and history) · Wikipedia · read 2026-10-21
Run Zirakpur's bookings on WhatsApp
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