MICR Code: 273011053

Bank: Andhra Bank
IFSC Code: Andb0002095
MICR Code: 273011053
Address: Katsahra Village, Sahjanwa Tehsil, Dt Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh-273209
City: Gorakhpur
District: Katsahra
State: Uttar 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 273011053.

  • In this case first three codes 273 is city code and it represents city Gorakhpur.
  • Next three characters 011 represents bank Andhra Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 053 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Katsahra Village, Sahjanwa Tehsil, Dt Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh-273209.

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.