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  7. MICR: 208024246

MICR Code: 208024246

Bank: Punjab National Bank
IFSC Code: Punb0441900
MICR Code: 208024246
Address: Indian Air Force, Chakeri
City: Kanpur
District: Kanpur
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 208024246.

  • In this case first three codes 208 is city code and it represents city Kanpur.
  • Next three characters 024 represents bank Punjab National Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 246 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Indian Air Force, Chakeri.

How to find micr code (for example 208024246) 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.