MICR Code: 244843177

Bank: Prathama Bank
IFSC Code: Prth0022097
MICR Code: 244843177
Address: P.O. Swar, Tehsil- Swar, Distt- Rampur Pin-244924
City: Rampur
District: Rampur
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 244843177.

  • In this case first three codes 244 is city code and it represents city Rampur.
  • Next three characters 843 represents bank Prathama Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 177 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address P.O. Swar, Tehsil- Swar, Distt- Rampur Pin-244924.

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.