MICR Code: 493011501

Bank: Andhra Bank
IFSC Code: Andb0003062
MICR Code: 493011501
Address: Near Idbi Bank Atm, Nh-6, Main Road, Saraipalli, Tehsil - Saraipalli, District Mahasamund, 493558
City: Mahasamund
District: Saraipalli
State: Chhattisgarh

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 493011501.

  • In this case first three codes 493 is city code and it represents city Mahasamund.
  • Next three characters 011 represents bank Andhra Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 501 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Near Idbi Bank Atm, Nh-6, Main Road, Saraipalli, Tehsil - Saraipalli, District Mahasamund, 493558.

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.