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  7. MICR: 700002518

MICR Code: 700002518

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0004787
MICR Code: 700002518
Address: Dist : Howrah, West Bengal 711401
City: Howrah
District: Howrah
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 700002518.

  • In this case first three codes 700 is city code and it represents city Howrah.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 518 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Dist : Howrah, West Bengal 711401.

How to find micr code (for example 700002518) 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.