MICR Code: 682024008

Bank: Punjab National Bank
IFSC Code: Punb0432400
MICR Code: 682024008
Address: Suvarna Park, Main Road
City: North Parur, Ernakulam
District: Ernakulam
State: Kerala

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 682024008.

  • In this case first three codes 682 is city code and it represents city North Parur, Ernakulam.
  • Next three characters 024 represents bank Punjab National Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 008 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Suvarna Park, 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.