MICR Code: 152211004
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 152211004.
- In this case first three codes 152 is city code and it represents city Ferozepur.
- Next three characters 211 represents bank Axis Bank.
- Remaining characters which are 004 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Khasra No 1275 Circular Road.
The easiest way to find MICR code is to check your
- Bank account statement
- Cheques
Please examine below sample cheque for more details
I hope this clears doubts.