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  6. Paschim Medinipur
  7. MICR: 721002808

MICR Code: 721002808

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0006700
MICR Code: 721002808
Address: Dist Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal 721222
City: Paschim Medinipur
District: Kharar
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 721002808.

  • In this case first three codes 721 is city code and it represents city Paschim Medinipur.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 808 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Dist Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal 721222.

How to find micr code (for example 721002808) 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.