MICR Code: 461024504

Bank: Punjab National Bank
IFSC Code: Punb0291500
MICR Code: 461024504
Address: Pathrota Distt Hoshangabad
City: Itarsi
District: Itarsi
State: Madhya 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 461024504.

  • In this case first three codes 461 is city code and it represents city Itarsi.
  • Next three characters 024 represents bank Punjab National Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 504 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Pathrota Distt Hoshangabad.

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.