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  7. MICR: 721002886

MICR Code: 721002886

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0012455
MICR Code: 721002886
Address: Nonakuri, Kaktia Baar Yard, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur District, West Bengal 721172
City: Purba Medinipur
District: Tamluk
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 721002886.

  • In this case first three codes 721 is city code and it represents city Purba Medinipur.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 886 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Nonakuri, Kaktia Baar Yard, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur District, West Bengal 721172.

How to find micr code (for example 721002886) 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.