MICR Code: 834024015

Bank: Punjab National Bank
IFSC Code: Punb0776600
MICR Code: 834024015
Address: B K Sahu Complex, Main Road
City: Hochar, Ranchi
District: Ranchi
State: Jharkhand

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 834024015.

  • In this case first three codes 834 is city code and it represents city Hochar, Ranchi.
  • Next three characters 024 represents bank Punjab National Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 015 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address B K Sahu Complex, Main Road.

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.