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  7. MICR: 208240009

MICR Code: 208240009

Bank: HDFC Bank
IFSC Code: Hdfc0002006
MICR Code: 208240009
Address: 73-26, Halsey Road, Collector Ganj, Ghantaghar Chowraha, Kanpur Uttar Pradesh
City: Kanpur City
District: Kanpur
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 208240009.

  • In this case first three codes 208 is city code and it represents city Kanpur City.
  • Next three characters 240 represents bank HDFC Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 009 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address 73-26, Halsey Road, Collector Ganj, Ghantaghar Chowraha, Kanpur Uttar Pradesh.

How to find micr code (for example 208240009) 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.