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  7. MICR: 147013153

MICR Code: 147013153

Bank: Bank of India
IFSC Code: Bkid0006587
MICR Code: 147013153
Address: Circular Road Opposite Punjabi Bagh Near Andhra Bank Bauran Gate Nabha Distt Patiala 147201
City: Patiala
District: Nabha
State: Punjab

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 147013153.

  • In this case first three codes 147 is city code and it represents city Patiala.
  • Next three characters 013 represents bank Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 153 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Circular Road Opposite Punjabi Bagh Near Andhra Bank Bauran Gate Nabha Distt Patiala 147201.

How to find micr code (for example 147013153) 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.