MICR Code: 177024061

Bank: Punjab National Bank
IFSC Code: Punb0281400
MICR Code: 177024061
Address: Gahli Distt. Hamirpur Hp
City: Gahli, Dt Hamirpur
District: Gahli, Dt Hamirpur
State: Himachal 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 177024061.

  • In this case first three codes 177 is city code and it represents city Gahli, Dt Hamirpur.
  • Next three characters 024 represents bank Punjab National Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 061 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Gahli Distt. Hamirpur Hp.

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.