MICR Code: 226211006

Bank: Axis Bank
IFSC Code: Utib0001692
MICR Code: 226211006
Address: First Floor, 30L, Block No. 3, Pragati Kendra, Kapurthala, Aliganj, Lucknow Uttar Pradesh, Pin 226020
City: Bareilly
District: Aliganj
State: Uttar Pradesh

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 226211006.

  • In this case first three codes 226 is city code and it represents city Bareilly.
  • Next three characters 211 represents bank Axis Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 006 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address First Floor, 30L, Block No. 3, Pragati Kendra, Kapurthala, Aliganj, Lucknow Uttar Pradesh, Pin 226020.

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.