MICR Code: 160015014

Bank: Canara Bank
IFSC Code: Cnrb0002535
MICR Code: 160015014
Address: Mohali Phase Vii, Scf 47, Phase 7,, Mohali (S A S Nagar), Punjab- Roopnagar 160061
City: Rupnagar
District: Sas Nagar(Mohali)
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 160015014.

  • 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 014 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Mohali Phase Vii, Scf 47, Phase 7,, Mohali (S A S Nagar), Punjab- Roopnagar 160061.

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.