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  6. Howrah
  7. MICR: 700010170

MICR Code: 700010170

Bank: Allahabad Bank
IFSC Code: Alla0211740
MICR Code: 700010170
Address: Bazar Para Uluberia Howrah - 711 315 Howrah West Bengal 711315
City: Howrah
District: Howrah
State: West Bengal

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 700010170.

  • In this case first three codes 700 is city code and it represents city Howrah.
  • Next three characters 010 represents bank Allahabad Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 170 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Bazar Para Uluberia Howrah - 711 315 Howrah West Bengal 711315.

How to find micr code (for example 700010170) 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.