MICR Code: 221052002

Bank: Karnataka Bank
IFSC Code: Karb0000799
MICR Code: 221052002
Address: Plot No.37/164, Ist Floor Spice Kcm Complex, Badadev Godowlia, Varanasi, Pin - 221001
City: Varnasi
District: Varnasi
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 221052002.

  • In this case first three codes 221 is city code and it represents city Varnasi.
  • Next three characters 052 represents bank Karnataka Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 002 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Plot No.37/164, Ist Floor Spice Kcm Complex, Badadev Godowlia, Varanasi, Pin - 221001.

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.