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  7. MICR: 173024004

MICR Code: 173024004

Bank: Punjab National Bank
IFSC Code: Punb0338400
MICR Code: 173024004
Address: Parag V& Po Parag, Distt. Solan
City: Solan
District: Solan
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 173024004.

  • In this case first three codes 173 is city code and it represents city Solan.
  • Next three characters 024 represents bank Punjab National Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 004 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Parag V& Po Parag, Distt. Solan.

How to find micr code (for example 173024004) 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.