MICR Code: 852002511
Bank: State Bank of India |
IFSC Code: Sbin0008568 |
MICR Code: 852002511 |
Address: Porauta, Viasour Bazar, Distt Saharsa Bihar |
City: Saharsa |
District: Damgarhi |
State: Bihar |
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 852002511.
- In this case first three codes 852 is city code and it represents city Saharsa.
- Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
- Remaining characters which are 511 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Porauta, Viasour Bazar, Distt Saharsa Bihar.
The easiest way to find MICR code is to check your
- Bank account statement
- Cheques
Please examine below sample cheque for more details

I hope this clears doubts.