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  7. MICR: 851002608

MICR Code: 851002608

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0006370
MICR Code: 851002608
Address: P O Barkhut, Via Bachwara
City: Begusarai
District: Chamthaghat
State: Bihar

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 851002608.

  • In this case first three codes 851 is city code and it represents city Begusarai.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 608 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address P O Barkhut, Via Bachwara.

How to find micr code (for example 851002608) 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.