MICR Code: 175024252

Bank: Punjab National Bank
IFSC Code: Punb0024300
MICR Code: 175024252
Address: Joginder Nagar, Distt. Mandi ( Hp)
City: Joginder Nagar
District: Joginder Nagar
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 175024252.

  • In this case first three codes 175 is city code and it represents city Joginder Nagar.
  • Next three characters 024 represents bank Punjab National Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 252 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Joginder Nagar, Distt. Mandi ( 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.