MICR Code: 854002303

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0006425
MICR Code: 854002303
Address: P O Motichari Forbesgan , Dt Araria, Bihar 854318
City: Araria
District: Forbesganj
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 854002303.

  • In this case first three codes 854 is city code and it represents city Araria.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 303 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address P O Motichari Forbesgan , Dt Araria, Bihar 854318.

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.