MICR Code: 147002105

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0011912
MICR Code: 147002105
Address: Jakhal Road, Near Anaj Mandi, Patran, Distpatiala 147105
City: Patiala
District: Patran
State: Punjab

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 147002105.

  • In this case first three codes 147 is city code and it represents city Patiala.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 105 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Jakhal Road, Near Anaj Mandi, Patran, Distpatiala 147105.

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.