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MICR Code: 160010010

Bank: Allahabad Bank
IFSC Code: Alla0212467
MICR Code: 160010010
Address: Nh 21. Village: Delser Majra, Kharar, Dist: Mohali, Punjab 140301
City: Ludhiana
District: Ludhiana
State: Punjab

What is MICR Code?

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.

Details of MICR Code

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 160010010.

  • In this case first three codes 160 is city code and it represents city Ludhiana.
  • Next three characters 010 represents bank Allahabad Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 010 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Nh 21. Village: Delser Majra, Kharar, Dist: Mohali, Punjab 140301.

How to find micr code (for example 160010010) from bank account number?

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.