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  3. Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank
  4. Karnataka
  5. Bhadravathi
  6. Shimoga
  7. MICR: 577697649

MICR Code: 577697649

Bank: Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank
IFSC Code: Pkgb0010651
MICR Code: 577697649
Address: Holehonnur
City: Shimoga
District: Bhadravathi
State: Karnataka

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 577697649.

  • In this case first three codes 577 is city code and it represents city Shimoga.
  • Next three characters 697 represents bank Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 649 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Holehonnur.

How to find micr code (for example 577697649) 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.