MICR Code: 176024263
| Bank: Punjab National Bank |
| IFSC Code: Punb0474800 |
| MICR Code: 176024263 |
| Address: Vpo Maranda, Teh Palampur, Dist Kangra, |
| City: Maranda (Himachal Pradesh) |
| District: Maranda (Himachal Pradesh) |
| 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 176024263.
- In this case first three codes 176 is city code and it represents city Maranda (Himachal Pradesh).
- Next three characters 024 represents bank Punjab National Bank.
- Remaining characters which are 263 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Vpo Maranda, Teh Palampur, Dist Kangra,.
The easiest way to find MICR code is to check your
- Bank account statement
- Cheques
Please examine below sample cheque for more details
I hope this clears doubts.