MICR Code: 493014198
| Bank: Bank of Maharashtra |
| IFSC Code: Mahb0001580 |
| MICR Code: 493014198 |
| Address: Bhillai Institute Of Technology, Village Kendri, New Raipur - 493661 Dist. Chhatisgarh |
| City: Raipur |
| District: Raipur |
| State: Chandigarh |
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 493014198.
- In this case first three codes 493 is city code and it represents city Raipur.
- Next three characters 014 represents bank Bank of Maharashtra.
- Remaining characters which are 198 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Bhillai Institute Of Technology, Village Kendri, New Raipur - 493661 Dist. Chhatisgarh.
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.