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MICR Code: 171002003

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0006785
MICR Code: 171002003
Address: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 171005 , Pin - 171005
City: Shimla
District: Shimla
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 171002003.

  • In this case first three codes 171 is city code and it represents city Shimla.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 003 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 171005 , Pin - 171005.

How to find micr code (for example 171002003) 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.