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  3. Bank of Baroda
  4. West Bengal
  5. Contai
  6. Purba Medinipur
  7. MICR: 721012402

MICR Code: 721012402

Bank: Bank of Baroda
IFSC Code: Barb0contai
MICR Code: 721012402
Address: Hatabari, Po Contai, Dist Purba Medinipur, Contai, Westbengal ┬Û 721401.
City: Purba Medinipur
District: Contai
State: West Bengal

What is MICR Code?

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.

Details of MICR Code

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 721012402.

  • In this case first three codes 721 is city code and it represents city Purba Medinipur.
  • Next three characters 012 represents bank Bank of Baroda.
  • Remaining characters which are 402 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Hatabari, Po Contai, Dist Purba Medinipur, Contai, Westbengal ┬Û 721401..

How to find micr code (for example 721012402) from bank account number?

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.