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  7. MICR: 144240022

MICR Code: 144240022

Bank: HDFC Bank
IFSC Code: Hdfc0002766
MICR Code: 144240022
Address: Hdfc Bank Ltd., Near Babreik Chownk Bas Ti Sheikh 120 Feet Road, Jalandhar Punjab 144002
City: Jalandhar
District: Jalandhar
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 144240022.

  • In this case first three codes 144 is city code and it represents city Jalandhar.
  • Next three characters 240 represents bank HDFC Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 022 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Hdfc Bank Ltd., Near Babreik Chownk Bas Ti Sheikh 120 Feet Road, Jalandhar Punjab 144002.

How to find micr code (for example 144240022) 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.