MICR Code: 700010116

Bank: Allahabad Bank
IFSC Code: Alla0211739
MICR Code: 700010116
Address: Dakshinayan ( Amarabati), P.O. Sodepur Dist. 24 Parganas ( North) West Bengal 700110
City: North 24 Parganas
District: Sondipukur
State: West Bengal

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 700010116.

  • In this case first three codes 700 is city code and it represents city North 24 Parganas.
  • Next three characters 010 represents bank Allahabad Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 116 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Dakshinayan ( Amarabati), P.O. Sodepur Dist. 24 Parganas ( North) West Bengal 700110.

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.