MICR Code: 147211998

Bank: Axis Bank
IFSC Code: Utib0000761
MICR Code: 147211998
Address: Khewat No.143/206, 145/208, Khasra No. Plot No.436 & 436A, Ward No. 16, Vikas Nagar, Sec No. 1C Near G.P.S. College & School G.T. Road, Gobindgarh 147301 Dist. Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab
City: Fatehgarh Sahib
District: Gobind Garh
State: Punjab

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 147211998.

  • In this case first three codes 147 is city code and it represents city Fatehgarh Sahib.
  • Next three characters 211 represents bank Axis Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 998 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Khewat No.143/206, 145/208, Khasra No. Plot No.436 & 436A, Ward No. 16, Vikas Nagar, Sec No. 1C Near G.P.S. College & School G.T. Road, Gobindgarh 147301 Dist. Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab.

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.