MICR Code: 144024709

Bank: Punjab National Bank
IFSC Code: Punb0744000
MICR Code: 144024709
Address: Vpo Beh Jogan ( Karari). Po Karari
City: Tehsil Mokerian, Distt Hoshiarpur
District: Beh Jogan, Karari, Hoshiarpur
State: Punjab

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 144024709.

  • In this case first three codes 144 is city code and it represents city Tehsil Mokerian, Distt Hoshiarpur.
  • Next three characters 024 represents bank Punjab National Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 709 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Vpo Beh Jogan ( Karari). Po Karari.

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.