MICR Code: 505011008

Bank: Andhra Bank
IFSC Code: Andb0001583
MICR Code: 505011008
Address: D. No. 3-1-389, Tukkarao Complex, Ambedkar Road, Vavilalapally Branch, Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh-505001
City: Karim Nagar
District: Vavilalapally
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 505011008.

  • In this case first three codes 505 is city code and it represents city Karim Nagar.
  • Next three characters 011 represents bank Andhra Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 008 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address D. No. 3-1-389, Tukkarao Complex, Ambedkar Road, Vavilalapally Branch, Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh-505001.

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.