MICR Code: 577017205

Bank: Corporation Bank
IFSC Code: Corp0000147
MICR Code: 577017205
Address: Nr. Raghavendra Swamy Mutt, Jannapur, Bhadravathi 577303
City: Shimoga
District: Bhadravathi New Town
State: Karnataka

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 577017205.

  • In this case first three codes 577 is city code and it represents city Shimoga.
  • Next three characters 017 represents bank Corporation Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 205 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Nr. Raghavendra Swamy Mutt, Jannapur, Bhadravathi 577303.

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.