MICR Code: 612002059

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0006719
MICR Code: 612002059
Address: Kodalikaruppur Post, Distt Perambalur, Tamil Nadu 639114
City: Thanjavur
District: Uthayanatham
State: Tamil Nadu

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 612002059.

  • In this case first three codes 612 is city code and it represents city Thanjavur.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 059 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Kodalikaruppur Post, Distt Perambalur, Tamil Nadu 639114.

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.