MICR Code: 147015002

Bank: Canara Bank
IFSC Code: Cnrb0001087
MICR Code: 147015002
Address: Plot No.2, Bank Square,, Chhoti Baradari,, Patiala147001
City: Patiala
District: Patiala
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 147015002.

  • In this case first three codes 147 is city code and it represents city Patiala.
  • Next three characters 015 represents bank Canara Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 002 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Plot No.2, Bank Square,, Chhoti Baradari,, Patiala147001.

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.