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  4. Karnataka
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  6. Uttara Kannada
  7. MICR: 581002401

MICR Code: 581002401

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0000917
MICR Code: 581002401
Address: Opp. Taluk Office, Hulekal Rd., Sirsi-581401
City: Uttara Kannada
District: Sirsi
State: Karnataka

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 581002401.

  • In this case first three codes 581 is city code and it represents city Uttara Kannada.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 401 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Opp. Taluk Office, Hulekal Rd., Sirsi-581401.

How to find micr code (for example 581002401) 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.