MICR Code: 609015002

Bank: Canara Bank
IFSC Code: Cnrb0001210
MICR Code: 609015002
Address: Door No. 120 No.2, Gandhiji Rd, Mayiladutharai 609001
City: Nagapattinam
District: Mayuram(Mayiladuthurai)
State: Tamil Nadu

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 609015002.

  • In this case first three codes 609 is city code and it represents city Nagapattinam.
  • Next three characters 015 represents bank Canara Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 002 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Door No. 120 No.2, Gandhiji Rd, Mayiladutharai 609001.

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.