MICR Code: 742211601
| Bank: Axis Bank |
| IFSC Code: Utib0002947 |
| MICR Code: 742211601 |
| Address: Gr Flr Netaji More Main Road Ward No 5 Opposite Jain Mandir Po Ps Jiaganj Pin 742123 |
| City: Murshidabad |
| District: Jiaganj |
| 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 742211601.
- In this case first three codes 742 is city code and it represents city Murshidabad.
- Next three characters 211 represents bank Axis Bank.
- Remaining characters which are 601 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Gr Flr Netaji More Main Road Ward No 5 Opposite Jain Mandir Po Ps Jiaganj Pin 742123.
The easiest way to find MICR code is to check your
- Bank account statement
- Cheques
Please examine below sample cheque for more details
I hope this clears doubts.