MICR Code: 147240203

Bank: HDFC Bank
IFSC Code: Hdfc0000803
MICR Code: 147240203
Address: 24/52, Bypass Road, Near Bajaj Automobile, Distt- Fatehgarh Sahib. Amloh Punjab 147203
City: Fatehgarh Saheb
District: Amloh
State: Punjab

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 147240203.

  • In this case first three codes 147 is city code and it represents city Fatehgarh Saheb.
  • Next three characters 240 represents bank HDFC Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 203 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address 24/52, Bypass Road, Near Bajaj Automobile, Distt- Fatehgarh Sahib. Amloh Punjab 147203.

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.