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  7. MICR: 854002102

MICR Code: 854002102

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0000159
MICR Code: 854002102
Address: Kala Bhanan Rd., Purnea-854301, Bihar
City: Purnea
District: Purnea
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 854002102.

  • In this case first three codes 854 is city code and it represents city Purnea.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 102 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Kala Bhanan Rd., Purnea-854301, Bihar.

How to find micr code (for example 854002102) 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.