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  6. Fatehgarh Sahib
  7. MICR: 140240106

MICR Code: 140240106

Bank: HDFC Bank
IFSC Code: Hdfc0003605
MICR Code: 140240106
Address: Vpo Bhagrana, Tehsil And District Fatehgarh Sahib Fatehgarh Sahib Punjab 140602
City: Fatehgarh Sahib
District: Sirhind
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 140240106.

  • In this case first three codes 140 is city code and it represents city Fatehgarh Sahib.
  • Next three characters 240 represents bank HDFC Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 106 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Vpo Bhagrana, Tehsil And District Fatehgarh Sahib Fatehgarh Sahib Punjab 140602.

How to find micr code (for example 140240106) 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.