MICR Code: 144211006

Bank: Axis Bank
IFSC Code: Utib0001706
MICR Code: 144211006
Address: Basement & Ground Floor Maqsudan Chowk, Jalandhar Distt. Jalandhar, Punjab Jalandhar -144008
City: Jalandhar
District: Jalandhar
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 144211006.

  • In this case first three codes 144 is city code and it represents city Jalandhar.
  • Next three characters 211 represents bank Axis Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 006 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Basement & Ground Floor Maqsudan Chowk, Jalandhar Distt. Jalandhar, Punjab Jalandhar -144008.

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.