MICR Code: 523004996

Bank: State Bank of Hyderabad
IFSC Code: Sbhy0021206
MICR Code: 523004996
Address: D No 3 By 2, Siva Lakshmi Buildings O V Road, Kanigiri, Prakasham Dist Ap 523230
City: Prakasam
District: Prakasam
State: Andhra 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 523004996.

  • In this case first three codes 523 is city code and it represents city Prakasam.
  • Next three characters 004 represents bank State Bank of Hyderabad.
  • Remaining characters which are 996 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address D No 3 By 2, Siva Lakshmi Buildings O V Road, Kanigiri, Prakasham Dist Ap 523230.

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.