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  7. MICR: 143002171

MICR Code: 143002171

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0005799
MICR Code: 143002171
Address: Disttarn Taran Punjab 143301
City: Amritsar
District: Chabhal
State: Punjab

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 143002171.

  • In this case first three codes 143 is city code and it represents city Amritsar.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 171 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Disttarn Taran Punjab 143301.

How to find micr code (for example 143002171) 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.