MICR Code: 145014001

Bank: Bank of Maharashtra
IFSC Code: Mahb0001316
MICR Code: 145014001
Address: Scf No. 7, Block-B Improvement Trust Complex, Patel Road, Pathankot-145001
City: Gurdaspur
District: Pathankot
State: Punjab

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 145014001.

  • In this case first three codes 145 is city code and it represents city Gurdaspur.
  • Next three characters 014 represents bank Bank of Maharashtra.
  • Remaining characters which are 001 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Scf No. 7, Block-B Improvement Trust Complex, Patel Road, Pathankot-145001.

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.