MICR Code: 160211042

Bank: Axis Bank
IFSC Code: Utib0002486
MICR Code: 160211042
Address: Khatauni No.46, Vill. Dafarpur 140201, Tehsil Derabassi, Dist. Sas Nagar, Punjab
City: Sas Nagar
District: Rupnagar
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 160211042.

  • In this case first three codes 160 is city code and it represents city Sas Nagar.
  • Next three characters 211 represents bank Axis Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 042 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Khatauni No.46, Vill. Dafarpur 140201, Tehsil Derabassi, Dist. Sas Nagar, 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.