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  4. Himachal Pradesh
  5. Nurpur
  6. Kangra
  7. MICR: 176002202

MICR Code: 176002202

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0011880
MICR Code: 176002202
Address: Nurpur, Upper Chougan Bazar Nurpur, Disttkangra, Himachal Pradesh176202
City: Kangra
District: Nurpur
State: Himachal Pradesh

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 176002202.

  • In this case first three codes 176 is city code and it represents city Kangra.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 202 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Nurpur, Upper Chougan Bazar Nurpur, Disttkangra, Himachal Pradesh176202.

How to find micr code (for example 176002202) 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.