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  4. Himachal Pradesh
  5. Totu(Shimla)
  6. Totu(Shimla)
  7. MICR: 171024006

MICR Code: 171024006

Bank: Punjab National Bank
IFSC Code: Punb0089200
MICR Code: 171024006
Address: Totu ( Shimla) Mob 9816013556, 9418521755
City: Totu(Shimla)
District: Totu(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 171024006.

  • In this case first three codes 171 is city code and it represents city Totu(Shimla).
  • Next three characters 024 represents bank Punjab National Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 006 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Totu ( Shimla) Mob 9816013556, 9418521755.

How to find micr code (for example 171024006) 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.