MICR Code: 151240453

Bank: HDFC Bank
IFSC Code: Hdfc0003166
MICR Code: 151240453
Address: Hdfc Bank Ltd., Premises Near Sbop, Sunam- Bathinda Road, Cheema Mandi, Barnala Punjab 148028
City: Sangrur
District: Cheema
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 151240453.

  • In this case first three codes 151 is city code and it represents city Sangrur.
  • Next three characters 240 represents bank HDFC Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 453 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Hdfc Bank Ltd., Premises Near Sbop, Sunam- Bathinda Road, Cheema Mandi, Barnala Punjab 148028.

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.