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  7. MICR: 211240005

MICR Code: 211240005

Bank: HDFC Bank
IFSC Code: Hdfc0001881
MICR Code: 211240005
Address: Hdfc Bank Ltd 19, Gt B Nagar Kareilly
City: Allahabad
District: Allahabad
State: Uttar Pradesh

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 211240005.

  • In this case first three codes 211 is city code and it represents city Allahabad.
  • Next three characters 240 represents bank HDFC Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 005 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Hdfc Bank Ltd 19, Gt B Nagar Kareilly.

How to find micr code (for example 211240005) 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.