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  3. Punjab National Bank
  4. Himachal Pradesh
  5. Baragaon, Distt Shimla
  6. Baragaon, Distt Shimla
  7. MICR: 171024065

MICR Code: 171024065

Bank: Punjab National Bank
IFSC Code: Punb0126400
MICR Code: 171024065
Address: Baragaon, Distt. Simla ( Hp)
City: Baragaon, Distt Shimla
District: Baragaon, Distt Shimla
State: Himachal 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 171024065.

  • In this case first three codes 171 is city code and it represents city Baragaon, Distt Shimla.
  • Next three characters 024 represents bank Punjab National Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 065 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Baragaon, Distt. Simla ( Hp).

How to find micr code (for example 171024065) 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.