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  7. MICR: 144002216

MICR Code: 144002216

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0001066
MICR Code: 144002216
Address: Talwara Township, Hoshiarpur, Punjab
City: Hosiarpur
District: Hoshiarpur
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 144002216.

  • In this case first three codes 144 is city code and it represents city Hosiarpur.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 216 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Talwara Township, Hoshiarpur, Punjab.

How to find micr code (for example 144002216) 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.