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  4. Chandigarh
  5. Narainpur
  6. Bastar
  7. MICR: 494002053

MICR Code: 494002053

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0002878
MICR Code: 494002053
Address: Distbastar Chattisagarh 494661
City: Bastar
District: Narainpur
State: Chandigarh

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 494002053.

  • In this case first three codes 494 is city code and it represents city Bastar.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 053 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Distbastar Chattisagarh 494661.

How to find micr code (for example 494002053) 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.