MICR Code: 636015019

Bank: Canara Bank
IFSC Code: Cnrb0001226
MICR Code: 636015019
Address: Sathiagnanam Convent Road, ( Opp. Ornamental Lake), Yercaud 636601
City: Salem
District: Yercaud
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 636015019.

  • In this case first three codes 636 is city code and it represents city Salem.
  • Next three characters 015 represents bank Canara Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 019 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Sathiagnanam Convent Road, ( Opp. Ornamental Lake), Yercaud 636601.

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.