MICR Code: 224014002

Bank: Bank of Maharashtra
IFSC Code: Mahb0001704
MICR Code: 224014002
Address: Baboo Bazar ( Near Tulsi Udyan) Naya Ghat, Ayodhya, Distt. ┬Û Faizabad - 224123
City: Faizabad
District: Ayodhya
State: Uttar Pradesh

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 224014002.

  • In this case first three codes 224 is city code and it represents city Faizabad.
  • Next three characters 014 represents bank Bank of Maharashtra.
  • Remaining characters which are 002 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Baboo Bazar ( Near Tulsi Udyan) Naya Ghat, Ayodhya, Distt. ┬Û Faizabad - 224123.

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.