MICR Code: 517011004

Bank: Andhra Bank
IFSC Code: Andb0000033
MICR Code: 517011004
Address: 1-5-513, Balaji Colony, Balajinagar, Tirupathi - 517 502
City: Chittor
District: Tirupati
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 517011004.

  • In this case first three codes 517 is city code and it represents city Chittor.
  • Next three characters 011 represents bank Andhra Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 004 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address 1-5-513, Balaji Colony, Balajinagar, Tirupathi - 517 502.

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.