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  3. Allahabad Bank
  4. Uttar Pradesh
  5. Varanasi
  6. Varanasi
  7. MICR: 221010018

MICR Code: 221010018

Bank: Allahabad Bank
IFSC Code: Alla0212142
MICR Code: 221010018
Address: House No. K 46/22 Hartirath, Visheswarganj Varanasi Uttar Pradesh
City: Varanasi
District: Varanasi
State: Uttar Pradesh

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 221010018.

  • 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 018 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address House No. K 46/22 Hartirath, Visheswarganj Varanasi Uttar Pradesh.

How to find micr code (for example 221010018) 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.