MICR Code: 246024056

Bank: Punjab National Bank
IFSC Code: Punb0110300
MICR Code: 246024056
Address: Po Gajraula Shiv, Distt. Bijnor
City: Up West
District: Gajraula Shiv
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 246024056.

  • In this case first three codes 246 is city code and it represents city Up West.
  • Next three characters 024 represents bank Punjab National Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 056 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Po Gajraula Shiv, Distt. Bijnor.

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.