MICR Code: 262010788

Bank: Allahabad Bank
IFSC Code: Alla0213271
MICR Code: 262010788
Address: Bahraich Road, Near Yatri Pratichalaya, Sisaiya Kalan Chauraha, Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, Pin- 262723
City: Lakhimpur Kheri
District: Sissaya Kalan
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 262010788.

  • In this case first three codes 262 is city code and it represents city Lakhimpur Kheri.
  • Next three characters 010 represents bank Allahabad Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 788 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Bahraich Road, Near Yatri Pratichalaya, Sisaiya Kalan Chauraha, Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, Pin- 262723.

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.