MICR Code: 151015303

Bank: Canara Bank
IFSC Code: Cnrb0004201
MICR Code: 151015303
Address: Opp Old Bus Stand, Tapa Mandi-148108 Distt. Barnala
City: Sangrur
District: Barnala
State: Punjab

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 151015303.

  • In this case first three codes 151 is city code and it represents city Sangrur.
  • Next three characters 015 represents bank Canara Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 303 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Opp Old Bus Stand, Tapa Mandi-148108 Distt. Barnala.

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.