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  7. MICR: 143002816

MICR Code: 143002816

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0010744
MICR Code: 143002816
Address: Dukhniwaran Market, Goindwal Road, Chohla Sahibtaran Taran
City: Amritsar
District: Chohlasahib
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 143002816.

  • 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 816 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Dukhniwaran Market, Goindwal Road, Chohla Sahibtaran Taran.

How to find micr code (for example 143002816) 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.