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  5. Makha
  6. East Sikkim
  7. MICR: 737002138

MICR Code: 737002138

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0008405
MICR Code: 737002138
Address: Dist East Sikkim, Sikkim 737138
City: East Sikkim
District: Makha
State: Sikkim

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 737002138.

  • In this case first three codes 737 is city code and it represents city East Sikkim.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 138 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Dist East Sikkim, Sikkim 737138.

How to find micr code (for example 737002138) 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.