MICR Code: 208015020
| Bank: Canara Bank |
| IFSC Code: Cnrb0005311 |
| MICR Code: 208015020 |
| Address: Canara Bank, World Bank Chauraha, Barra Bye Pass, Distt Kanpur, Pin 208027 |
| City: Kanpur City |
| District: Kanpur |
| State: Uttar Pradesh |
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 208015020.
- In this case first three codes 208 is city code and it represents city Kanpur City.
- Next three characters 015 represents bank Canara Bank.
- Remaining characters which are 020 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Canara Bank, World Bank Chauraha, Barra Bye Pass, Distt Kanpur, Pin 208027.
The easiest way to find MICR code is to check your
- Bank account statement
- Cheques
Please examine below sample cheque for more details
I hope this clears doubts.