MICR Code: 211024004

Bank: Punjab National Bank
IFSC Code: Punb0100100
MICR Code: 211024004
Address: Opp. Science Faculty Allahabad University
City: Allahabad Colonelganj,
District: Allahabad
State: Uttar 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 211024004.

  • In this case first three codes 211 is city code and it represents city Allahabad Colonelganj,.
  • Next three characters 024 represents bank Punjab National Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 004 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Opp. Science Faculty Allahabad University.

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.