MICR Code: 176015053

Bank: Canara Bank
IFSC Code: Cnrb0003903
MICR Code: 176015053
Address: Canara Bank, Dharamsala C T A Secretariat, Gangchen Kyishong, Dharamsala , Distt: Kangra ( H P ) Pincode-176215
City: Kangra
District: Dharamsala
State: Himachal 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 176015053.

  • In this case first three codes 176 is city code and it represents city Kangra.
  • Next three characters 015 represents bank Canara Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 053 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Canara Bank, Dharamsala C T A Secretariat, Gangchen Kyishong, Dharamsala , Distt: Kangra ( H P ) Pincode-176215.

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.