MICR Code: 151240653

Bank: HDFC Bank
IFSC Code: Hdfc0003138
MICR Code: 151240653
Address: Hdfc Bank Ltd. Near Bus Stand, Vpo Malauka, Bathinda Punjab 151206
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 151240653.

  • 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 653 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Hdfc Bank Ltd. Near Bus Stand, Vpo Malauka, Bathinda Punjab 151206.

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.