MICR Code: 493015201

Bank: Canara Bank
IFSC Code: Cnrb0005143
MICR Code: 493015201
Address: Canara Bank , Mahabir Ward, Old Bus Stand, Bhatapara-493118, Chhattisgarh
City: Bhatapara
District: Basna
State: Madhya 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 493015201.

  • In this case first three codes 493 is city code and it represents city Bhatapara.
  • Next three characters 015 represents bank Canara Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 201 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Canara Bank , Mahabir Ward, Old Bus Stand, Bhatapara-493118, Chhattisgarh.

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.