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  6. Kanpur Nagar
  7. MICR: 208002045

MICR Code: 208002045

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0001411
MICR Code: 208002045
Address: 87 By 8 Kalpi Rd Bhannana Purwa Kanpur Up
City: Kanpur Nagar
District: Kanpur
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 208002045.

  • In this case first three codes 208 is city code and it represents city Kanpur Nagar.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 045 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address 87 By 8 Kalpi Rd Bhannana Purwa Kanpur Up.

How to find micr code (for example 208002045) 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.