MICR Code: 249024254

Bank: Punjab National Bank
IFSC Code: Punb0619100
MICR Code: 249024254
Address: Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd
City: Bhagirathiuram, Tehri
District: Tehri
State: Uttarakhand

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 249024254.

  • In this case first three codes 249 is city code and it represents city Bhagirathiuram, Tehri.
  • Next three characters 024 represents bank Punjab National Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 254 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd.

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.