MICR Code: 688015801

Bank: Canara Bank
IFSC Code: Cnrb0000718
MICR Code: 688015801
Address: Velakalam Building,, Boat Jetty Road, Pulincunnoo, 688 504,
City: Alapuzha
District: Pulincunnoo
State: Kerala

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 688015801.

  • In this case first three codes 688 is city code and it represents city Alapuzha.
  • Next three characters 015 represents bank Canara Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 801 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Velakalam Building,, Boat Jetty Road, Pulincunnoo, 688 504,.

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.