MICR Code: 144015253

Bank: Canara Bank
IFSC Code: Cnrb0002106
MICR Code: 144015253
Address: Litran, Teh Nakodar , Dist Jalandhar ( Punjab) - 141317
City: Jalandhar
District: Litran
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 144015253.

  • In this case first three codes 144 is city code and it represents city Jalandhar.
  • Next three characters 015 represents bank Canara Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 253 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Litran, Teh Nakodar , Dist Jalandhar ( Punjab) - 141317.

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.