MICR Code: 561002202

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0006707
MICR Code: 561002202
Address: Lingadahalli P.O Pavagada Tq, Distt. Tumkur, Karnataka 561 202
City: Tumkur
District: Vadanakal
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 561002202.

  • In this case first three codes 561 is city code and it represents city Tumkur.
  • 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 Lingadahalli P.O Pavagada Tq, Distt. Tumkur, Karnataka 561 202.

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.