MICR Code: 723015505

Bank: Canara Bank
IFSC Code: Cnrb0005198
MICR Code: 723015505
Address: Canara Bank, Vill Chargali Po Ghongha, Di Purulia, Ghongha, West Bengal Pin 723149
City: Purulia
District: Puruliya
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 723015505.

  • In this case first three codes 723 is city code and it represents city Purulia.
  • Next three characters 015 represents bank Canara Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 505 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Canara Bank, Vill Chargali Po Ghongha, Di Purulia, Ghongha, West Bengal Pin 723149.

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.