MICR Code: 147023014

Bank: Punjab & Sind Bank
IFSC Code: Psib0000827
MICR Code: 147023014
Address: Gurudwara Khel Sahib, 22 No. Phatak, Patiala, Punjab - 147001
City: Patiala
District: Patiala
State: Punjab

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 147023014.

  • In this case first three codes 147 is city code and it represents city Patiala.
  • Next three characters 023 represents bank Punjab & Sind Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 014 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Gurudwara Khel Sahib, 22 No. Phatak, Patiala, Punjab - 147001.

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.