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MICR Code: 712002599

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0012443
MICR Code: 712002599
Address: Jangipara, Hooghly District, West Bengal 712404
City: Hoogly
District: Jangipara
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 712002599.

  • In this case first three codes 712 is city code and it represents city Hoogly.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 599 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Jangipara, Hooghly District, West Bengal 712404.

How to find micr code (for example 712002599) 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.