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  3. State Bank of India
  4. Jharkhand
  5. Sahibganj
  6. Sahebganj
  7. MICR: 816002607

MICR Code: 816002607

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0005538
MICR Code: 816002607
Address: Dist Sahibganj, Jharkhand 813208
City: Sahebganj
District: Sahibganj
State: Jharkhand

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 816002607.

  • In this case first three codes 816 is city code and it represents city Sahebganj.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 607 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Dist Sahibganj, Jharkhand 813208.

How to find micr code (for example 816002607) 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.