MICR Code: 636002061

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0005581
MICR Code: 636002061
Address: 71 Old Bazaarst, Veeraganur, Distt. Salem, Tamil Nadu 636352
City: Salem
District: Veeraganur
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 636002061.

  • 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 061 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address 71 Old Bazaarst, Veeraganur, Distt. Salem, Tamil Nadu 636352.

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.