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  7. MICR: 700010167

MICR Code: 700010167

Bank: Allahabad Bank
IFSC Code: Alla0212261
MICR Code: 700010167
Address: 238, Dh Road , Panchanantala, Kolkata West Bengal 700063
City: Kolkata
District: Kolkata
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 700010167.

  • In this case first three codes 700 is city code and it represents city Kolkata.
  • Next three characters 010 represents bank Allahabad Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 167 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address 238, Dh Road , Panchanantala, Kolkata West Bengal 700063.

How to find micr code (for example 700010167) 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.