MICR Code: 731211501

Bank: Axis Bank
IFSC Code: Utib0001657
MICR Code: 731211501
Address: Sri Ram Complex, Guskara Main Road, Siristala, Dist. Bardhaman West Bengal, Pin 713128
City: Puruliya
District: Burda
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 731211501.

  • In this case first three codes 731 is city code and it represents city Puruliya.
  • Next three characters 211 represents bank Axis Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 501 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Sri Ram Complex, Guskara Main Road, Siristala, Dist. Bardhaman West Bengal, Pin 713128.

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.