MICR Code: 144240027

Bank: HDFC Bank
IFSC Code: Hdfc0003281
MICR Code: 144240027
Address: Hdfc Bank Ltd Kartarpur Road, Vpo Kishangarh, Distt. Jalandhar, Vpo Kishangarh, Distt. Jalandhar, Kishan Garh Punjab 144304
City: Jalandhar
District: Kishangarh
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 144240027.

  • 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 027 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Hdfc Bank Ltd Kartarpur Road, Vpo Kishangarh, Distt. Jalandhar, Vpo Kishangarh, Distt. Jalandhar, Kishan Garh Punjab 144304.

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.