KNOW YOUR PAN STRUCTURE

What is PAN?
Permanent Account Number (PAN) is a ten-digit alphanumeric identifier, issued by Income Tax Department. Each assessee (e.g. individual, firm, company etc.) is issued a unique PAN.
1-5 field are alpha(A to Z) 6-9 field are numeric(0-9) 10 field is alpha(A-Z)
Forth field of pan denotes assessee status :
for individual="P"
for Company="C"
for Trust ="T"
for partnership firm="F"
Body of Individual:"B"
Association of persons:"A"
HUF="H"
Local authority:"L"
Govt.="G"
judicial artificial person:"j"
2.Fifth field of PAN denotes NAME
In case of individual: Surname/last name(as given in pan application)
for ex. in case of Amit Kumar(individual)
5th field will be "K"
4th field will be "P"
In case of Amit Kumar Jain(Individual)
5th field will be "J"
4th field will be "P"
In case of All Other Assesees (not confirmed for all the assessee)
5th field will be first letter of Name/first Name
for ex : In case of Suresh Jindal (HUF)(confirmed)
5th field will be "S"(first letter of First name i.e Suresh)
4th field will be "H"(for Huf)
for ex: in case of ABB LTD(confirmed)
5th field will be "A"(first letter of First name)
4th field will be "C"(for company)

thanks to web-sites from where i gathered the information.