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  5. Hazratganj
  6. Lucknow
  7. MICR: 226002901

MICR Code: 226002901

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0004474
MICR Code: 226002901
Address: 24, M.G. Marghalwasiya Court Bldglal Baug
City: Lucknow
District: Hazratganj
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 226002901.

  • In this case first three codes 226 is city code and it represents city Lucknow.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 901 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address 24, M.G. Marghalwasiya Court Bldglal Baug.

How to find micr code (for example 226002901) 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.