MICR Code: 500011178

Bank: Andhra Bank
IFSC Code: Andb0002063
MICR Code: 500011178
Address: H. No.1 62 By 1, Shanthi Nagar X Roads, Vanasthalipuram, Hyderabad 500070
City: Rangareddy
District: Hyderabad
State: Andhra 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 500011178.

  • In this case first three codes 500 is city code and it represents city Rangareddy.
  • Next three characters 011 represents bank Andhra Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 178 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address H. No.1 62 By 1, Shanthi Nagar X Roads, Vanasthalipuram, Hyderabad 500070.

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.