MICR Code: 226015026

Bank: Canara Bank
IFSC Code: Cnrb0005297
MICR Code: 226015026
Address: Cp 2, Vara Complex, Near Pakri Ka Pull, Sector H, Lda Colony, Lucknow 226012
City: Lucknow
District: Lucknow
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 226015026.

  • In this case first three codes 226 is city code and it represents city Lucknow.
  • Next three characters 015 represents bank Canara Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 026 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Cp 2, Vara Complex, Near Pakri Ka Pull, Sector H, Lda Colony, Lucknow 226012.

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.