MICR Code: 160015033

Bank: Canara Bank
IFSC Code: Cnrb0003509
MICR Code: 160015033
Address: Ward No.7, Chandigarh Road ( Nh 21), Kurali ┬Û 141103. Dist.: Mohali State: Punjab
City: Rupnagar
District: Kurali
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 160015033.

  • In this case first three codes 160 is city code and it represents city Rupnagar.
  • Next three characters 015 represents bank Canara Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 033 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Ward No.7, Chandigarh Road ( Nh 21), Kurali ┬Û 141103. Dist.: Mohali State: Punjab.

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.