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  3. State Bank of India
  4. West Bengal
  5. Durgapur
  6. Murshidabad
  7. MICR: 742002504

MICR Code: 742002504

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0012354
MICR Code: 742002504
Address: Murshidabad District West Bengal 742308
City: Murshidabad
District: Durgapur
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 742002504.

  • In this case first three codes 742 is city code and it represents city Murshidabad.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 504 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Murshidabad District West Bengal 742308.

How to find micr code (for example 742002504) 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.