MICR Code: 151240009

Bank: HDFC Bank
IFSC Code: Hdfc0003415
MICR Code: 151240009
Address: Hdfc Bank Ltd., Adj. Bus Stand, Vpo Bhodipura, Distt Bathinda, Bhatinda Punjab 151107
City: Bathinda
District: Bathinda
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 151240009.

  • In this case first three codes 151 is city code and it represents city Bathinda.
  • Next three characters 240 represents bank HDFC Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 009 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Hdfc Bank Ltd., Adj. Bus Stand, Vpo Bhodipura, Distt Bathinda, Bhatinda Punjab 151107.

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.