MICR Code: 723015503

Bank: Canara Bank
IFSC Code: Cnrb0004405
MICR Code: 723015503
Address: Namopara, Jhalda, Po ┬ Ûjhalda Dist : Purulia Pin : 723202
City: Puruliya
District: Jhalda
State: West Bengal

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 723015503.

  • In this case first three codes 723 is city code and it represents city Puruliya.
  • Next three characters 015 represents bank Canara Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 503 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Namopara, Jhalda, Po ┬ Ûjhalda Dist : Purulia Pin : 723202.

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.