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MICR Code: 147014002

Bank: Bank of Maharashtra
IFSC Code: Mahb0001213
MICR Code: 147014002
Address: Scf-6 Leela Bhawan Market Patiala-174001( Punjab)
City: Patiala
District: Patiala
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 147014002.

  • In this case first three codes 147 is city code and it represents city Patiala.
  • Next three characters 014 represents bank Bank of Maharashtra.
  • Remaining characters which are 002 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Scf-6 Leela Bhawan Market Patiala-174001( Punjab).

How to find micr code (for example 147014002) 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.