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  7. MICR: 636002001

MICR Code: 636002001

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0000877
MICR Code: 636002001
Address: West Main Rd Metturdam, Salem, Tamilnadu
City: Salem
District: Metturdam
State: Tamil Nadu

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 636002001.

  • In this case first three codes 636 is city code and it represents city Salem.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 001 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address West Main Rd Metturdam, Salem, Tamilnadu.

How to find micr code (for example 636002001) 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.