Name of the cardholder – Individual/ Company
Name of the father of the cardholder – Applicable for individual cardholders.
Date of birth – the cardholder’s date of birth in case of an individual or date of registration is mentioned in case of company or firm.
PAN Number – It is a 10 letter alpha-numeric number and each character represents distinct information of the cardholder.
First three letters – are purely alphabetical in nature and contain three letter of the alphabet from A to Z.
The fourth letter – this represents the category of the taxpayer. The various entities and their respective characters are as follows:
A – Association of Persons
B – Body of Individuals
C – Company
F – Firms
G – Government
H – Hindu Undivided Family
L – Local Authority
J – Artificial Judicial Person
P – Individual
T – Association of Persons for a Trust

The fifth letter – the fifth letter is the first letter of the individual’s surname
Remaining letters – remaining characters are random. The first 4 characters are numbers while the last one is an alphabet.
Signature of the individual – PAN Card also acts as a proof of the individual’s signature required for financial transactions.
Photograph of the individual – PAN acts as a photo identity proof of the individual. In case of companies and firms, no photograph is present on the card