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  6. Allahabad
  7. MICR: 221002928

MICR Code: 221002928

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0005473
MICR Code: 221002928
Address: Dist Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh 221 505
City: Allahabad
District: Allahabad
State: Uttar Pradesh

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 221002928.

  • In this case first three codes 221 is city code and it represents city Allahabad.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 928 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Dist Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh 221 505.

How to find micr code (for example 221002928) 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.