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MICR Code: 678002004

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0004925
MICR Code: 678002004
Address: Collectorate, Distt. Palakkad, Kerala 678 001
City: Palakkad
District: Palakkad
State: Kerala

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 678002004.

  • In this case first three codes 678 is city code and it represents city Palakkad.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 004 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Collectorate, Distt. Palakkad, Kerala 678 001.

How to find micr code (for example 678002004) 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.