MICR Code: 440024017

Bank: Punjab National Bank
IFSC Code: Punb0460900
MICR Code: 440024017
Address: Opposite Cgo Complex, Seminary Hills,
City: Nagpur
District: Nagpur
State: Maharashtra

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 440024017.

  • In this case first three codes 440 is city code and it represents city Nagpur.
  • Next three characters 024 represents bank Punjab National Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 017 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Opposite Cgo Complex, Seminary Hills,.

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.