MICR Code: 577052522

Bank: Karnataka Bank
IFSC Code: Karb0000006
MICR Code: 577052522
Address: Ist Floor, Kamakshi Kripa Anavatti - 577413
City: Shimoga
District: Soraba
State: Karnataka

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 577052522.

  • In this case first three codes 577 is city code and it represents city Shimoga.
  • Next three characters 052 represents bank Karnataka Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 522 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Ist Floor, Kamakshi Kripa Anavatti - 577413.

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.