MICR Code: 229240052

Bank: HDFC Bank
IFSC Code: Hdfc0004239
MICR Code: 229240052
Address: Hdfc Bank Ltd Katra Lal Ganj Gauriganj Amethi Amethi Uttar Pradesh227409
City: Sultanpur
District: Gauriganj
State: Uttar Pradesh

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 229240052.

  • In this case first three codes 229 is city code and it represents city Sultanpur.
  • Next three characters 240 represents bank HDFC Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 052 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Hdfc Bank Ltd Katra Lal Ganj Gauriganj Amethi Amethi Uttar Pradesh227409.

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.