MICR Code: 531015156

Bank: Canara Bank
IFSC Code: Cnrb0000890
MICR Code: 531015156
Address: Yendapalivalasa, , Araku Railway Station , Dist Vishakapatnam (A P) - 531151
City: Vishakhapatnam
District: Yendapallivalasa
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 531015156.

  • In this case first three codes 531 is city code and it represents city Vishakhapatnam.
  • Next three characters 015 represents bank Canara Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 156 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Yendapalivalasa, , Araku Railway Station , Dist Vishakapatnam (A P) - 531151.

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.