MICR Code: 816010601
| Bank: Allahabad Bank |
| IFSC Code: Alla0211250 |
| MICR Code: 816010601 |
| Address: P.O. Barikodarjana Dist: Sahibganj |
| City: Sahebganj |
| District: Barikodarjana |
| State: Jharkhand |
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 816010601.
- In this case first three codes 816 is city code and it represents city Sahebganj.
- Next three characters 010 represents bank Allahabad Bank.
- Remaining characters which are 601 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address P.O. Barikodarjana Dist: Sahibganj.
The easiest way to find MICR code is to check your
- Bank account statement
- Cheques
Please examine below sample cheque for more details
I hope this clears doubts.