MICR Code: 221002003
| Bank: State Bank of India |
| IFSC Code: Sbin0000211 |
| MICR Code: 221002003 |
| Address: Varanasi, U P Pin 221 005 |
| City: Varanasi |
| District: Varanasi |
| State: Uttar Pradesh |
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 221002003.
- In this case first three codes 221 is city code and it represents city Varanasi.
- Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
- Remaining characters which are 003 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Varanasi, U P Pin 221 005.
The easiest way to find MICR code is to check your
- Bank account statement
- Cheques
Please examine below sample cheque for more details
I hope this clears doubts.