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  7. MICR: 144014101

MICR Code: 144014101

Bank: Bank of Maharashtra
IFSC Code: Mahb0001242
MICR Code: 144014101
Address: Opp. Raja Hospital, Chandigarh Road, Nawanshahr-144514 ( Punjab)
City: Nawanshahr
District: Nawanshahar
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 144014101.

  • In this case first three codes 144 is city code and it represents city Nawanshahr.
  • Next three characters 014 represents bank Bank of Maharashtra.
  • Remaining characters which are 101 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Opp. Raja Hospital, Chandigarh Road, Nawanshahr-144514 ( Punjab).

How to find micr code (for example 144014101) 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.