MICR Code: 221010013
| Bank: Allahabad Bank |
| IFSC Code: Alla0210605 |
| MICR Code: 221010013 |
| Address: Vill. & P.O. Lohta Dist. Varanasi Uttar Pradesh Varanasi Uttar Pradesh 0 |
| City: Varanasi |
| District: Lohta |
| State: Uttar 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 221010013.
- In this case first three codes 221 is city code and it represents city Varanasi.
- Next three characters 010 represents bank Allahabad Bank.
- Remaining characters which are 013 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Vill. & P.O. Lohta Dist. Varanasi Uttar Pradesh Varanasi Uttar Pradesh 0.
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.