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  4. Uttar Pradesh
  5. Allahabad
  6. Chowk Allahabad
  7. MICR: 211024003

MICR Code: 211024003

Bank: Punjab National Bank
IFSC Code: Punb0001100
MICR Code: 211024003
Address: 56/8, Shiv Charan Lal Road
City: Chowk Allahabad
District: Allahabad
State: Uttar Pradesh

What is MICR Code?

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.

Details of MICR Code

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 211024003.

  • In this case first three codes 211 is city code and it represents city Chowk Allahabad.
  • Next three characters 024 represents bank Punjab National Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 003 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address 56/8, Shiv Charan Lal Road.

How to find micr code (for example 211024003) from bank account number?

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.