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  7. MICR: 147240253

MICR Code: 147240253

Bank: HDFC Bank
IFSC Code: Hdfc0003170
MICR Code: 147240253
Address: Hdfc Bank Ltd Vpo Shamashpur, Tehsil Amloh, District Fatehgarh Sahib, Shamashpur Punjab 147203
City: Fatehgarh Sahib
District: Fatehgarh Sahib
State: Punjab

What is MICR Code?

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.

Details of MICR Code

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 147240253.

  • In this case first three codes 147 is city code and it represents city Fatehgarh Sahib.
  • Next three characters 240 represents bank HDFC Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 253 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Hdfc Bank Ltd Vpo Shamashpur, Tehsil Amloh, District Fatehgarh Sahib, Shamashpur Punjab 147203.

How to find micr code (for example 147240253) from bank account number?

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.