MICR Code: 685002005

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0006460
MICR Code: 685002005
Address: Peermade, Idukki, Kerala
City: Idukki
District: Idukki
State: Kerala

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 685002005.

  • In this case first three codes 685 is city code and it represents city Idukki.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 005 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Peermade, Idukki, Kerala.

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.