MICR Code: 497211501

Bank: Axis Bank
IFSC Code: Utib0001318
MICR Code: 497211501
Address: College Road, Po & Ps: Jashpurnagar, Dist. Jashpur, Chattisgarh, Pin 496331.
City: Jashpur
District: Jashpurnagar
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 497211501.

  • In this case first three codes 497 is city code and it represents city Jashpur.
  • Next three characters 211 represents bank Axis Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 501 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address College Road, Po & Ps: Jashpurnagar, Dist. Jashpur, Chattisgarh, Pin 496331..

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.