MICR Code: 177001002

Bank: Allahabad Bank
IFSC Code: Alla0210789
MICR Code: 177001002
Address: Main Bazar, Hamirpur , Himachal Pradesh
City: Hamirpur
District: Hamirpur
State: Himachal Pradesh

MICR is acronym of Magnetic Ink Character Recognition. Basically it is a character-recognition technology used by the banking industry to ease the processing and clearance of cheques and other documents.

Generally MICR code is nine character long. First three charaters represent city, next three charaters represents bank name and last three charaters represents bank branch.

Let's decode MICR code 177001002.

  • In this case first three codes 177 is city code and it represents city Hamirpur.
  • Next three characters 001 represents bank Allahabad Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 002 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Main Bazar, Hamirpur , Himachal Pradesh.

The easiest way to find MICR code is to check your

  1. Bank account statement
  2. Cheques

Please examine below sample cheque for more details

I hope this clears doubts.