MICR Code: 491011002

Bank: Andhra Bank
IFSC Code: Andb0001757
MICR Code: 491011002
Address: Opp Sindhu Bhavan, Gurudwara Station Road, Durg - 491001
City: Durg
District: Durg
State: Chandigarh

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 491011002.

  • In this case first three codes 491 is city code and it represents city Durg.
  • Next three characters 011 represents bank Andhra Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 002 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Opp Sindhu Bhavan, Gurudwara Station Road, Durg - 491001.

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.