MICR Code: 221211997

Bank: Axis Bank
IFSC Code: Utib0002554
MICR Code: 221211997
Address: Khasra No 252 By 2,252 By 4, Village Wazidpur, Tehsil Dra, District Varanasi, Up,221005
City: Hathras
District: Wazidpur
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 221211997.

  • In this case first three codes 221 is city code and it represents city Hathras.
  • Next three characters 211 represents bank Axis Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 997 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Khasra No 252 By 2,252 By 4, Village Wazidpur, Tehsil Dra, District Varanasi, Up,221005.

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.