MICR Code: 523015602

Bank: Canara Bank
IFSC Code: Cnrb0004485
MICR Code: 523015602
Address: Groundfloor D No: 8 70 Kotavari Veedhi Kanigiri- 523 230 Prakasamdist
City: Prakasam
District: Kanigiri
State: Andhra 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 523015602.

  • In this case first three codes 523 is city code and it represents city Prakasam.
  • Next three characters 015 represents bank Canara Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 602 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Groundfloor D No: 8 70 Kotavari Veedhi Kanigiri- 523 230 Prakasamdist.

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.