MICR Code: 722211002

Bank: Axis Bank
IFSC Code: Utib0000491
MICR Code: 722211002
Address: 240/A, Nutan Chati, , West Bengal,722101
City: Bankura
District: Bankura
State: West Bengal

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 722211002.

  • In this case first three codes 722 is city code and it represents city Bankura.
  • Next three characters 211 represents bank Axis Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 002 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address 240/A, Nutan Chati, , West Bengal,722101.

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.