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  7. MICR: 144240403

MICR Code: 144240403

Bank: HDFC Bank
IFSC Code: Hdfc0002495
MICR Code: 144240403
Address: Hdfc Bank Ltd. Main Nakodar Road Vpo Shankar, Tehsil Nakodar, Jalandhar Punjab 144042
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 144240403.

  • 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 403 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Hdfc Bank Ltd. Main Nakodar Road Vpo Shankar, Tehsil Nakodar, Jalandhar Punjab 144042.

How to find micr code (for example 144240403) 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.