MICR Code: 226211999

Bank: Axis Bank
IFSC Code: Utib0002521
MICR Code: 226211999
Address: Bharwara, Chinhut, Near Railway Crossing Gate C 186, Tehsil Lucknow, Distt. Lucknow, Up 226028
City: Lucknow
District: Lucknow
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 226211999.

  • In this case first three codes 226 is city code and it represents city Lucknow.
  • Next three characters 211 represents bank Axis Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 999 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Bharwara, Chinhut, Near Railway Crossing Gate C 186, Tehsil Lucknow, Distt. Lucknow, Up 226028.

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.