MICR Code: 722024506

Bank: Punjab National Bank
IFSC Code: Punb0160400
MICR Code: 722024506
Address: Vpo Gogra Via Jhati Pahari
City: Dt Bankura, West Engal
District: Gogra, Dt Bankura, Burdwan
State: West Bengal

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 722024506.

  • In this case first three codes 722 is city code and it represents city Dt Bankura, West Engal.
  • Next three characters 024 represents bank Punjab National Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 506 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Vpo Gogra Via Jhati Pahari.

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.