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  7. MICR: 722002516

MICR Code: 722002516

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0009699
MICR Code: 722002516
Address: Dist Bankura, West Bengal 722136
City: Bankura
District: Bankura
State: West Bengal

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 722002516.

  • In this case first three codes 722 is city code and it represents city Bankura.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 516 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Dist Bankura, West Bengal 722136.

How to find micr code (for example 722002516) 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.