MICR Code: 689010052

Bank: Allahabad Bank
IFSC Code: Alla0212732
MICR Code: 689010052
Address: Palamootil Building, Govt. Hospital Junction, Chengannur, Distt. Alapuzza, Kerala- 689121
City: Alapuzha
District: Chengannur
State: Kerala

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 689010052.

  • In this case first three codes 689 is city code and it represents city Alapuzha.
  • Next three characters 010 represents bank Allahabad Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 052 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Palamootil Building, Govt. Hospital Junction, Chengannur, Distt. Alapuzza, Kerala- 689121.

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.