MICR Code: 271014001

Bank: Bank of Maharashtra
IFSC Code: Mahb0001404
MICR Code: 271014001
Address: Near Chhawani Chowk, Dargah Road, Bahraich Pin 271801
City: Bahraich
District: Bahraich
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 271014001.

  • In this case first three codes 271 is city code and it represents city Bahraich.
  • Next three characters 014 represents bank Bank of Maharashtra.
  • Remaining characters which are 001 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Near Chhawani Chowk, Dargah Road, Bahraich Pin 271801.

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.