MICR Code: 140024004
| Bank: Punjab National Bank |
| IFSC Code: Punb0103100 |
| MICR Code: 140024004 |
| Address: Vpo Rail Majra, Distt Nawanshahar |
| City: Punjab |
| District: Rail Majra Distt Nawanshahr |
| 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 140024004.
- In this case first three codes 140 is city code and it represents city Punjab.
- Next three characters 024 represents bank Punjab National Bank.
- Remaining characters which are 004 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Vpo Rail Majra, Distt Nawanshahar.
The easiest way to find MICR code is to check your
- Bank account statement
- Cheques
Please examine below sample cheque for more details
I hope this clears doubts.