MICR Code: 560002088

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0001808
MICR Code: 560002088
Address: T G Extension, Hoskote, Distt. Bangalore Rural , Karnataka 562 114
City: Bangalore Rural
District: Hoskote
State: Karnataka

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.

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 560002088.

  • In this case first three codes 560 is city code and it represents city Bangalore Rural.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 088 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address T G Extension, Hoskote, Distt. Bangalore Rural , Karnataka 562 114.

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.