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  4. Uttar Pradesh
  5. Chitaipur
  6. Varanasi
  7. MICR: 221240503

MICR Code: 221240503

Bank: HDFC Bank
IFSC Code: Hdfc0004471
MICR Code: 221240503
Address: Groud Floor Chitaipur Chunar Road Varanasi Varanasi Uttar Pradesh221006
City: Varanasi
District: Chitaipur
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 221240503.

  • In this case first three codes 221 is city code and it represents city Varanasi.
  • Next three characters 240 represents bank HDFC Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 503 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Groud Floor Chitaipur Chunar Road Varanasi Varanasi Uttar Pradesh221006.

How to find micr code (for example 221240503) 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.