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  7. MICR: 721002788

MICR Code: 721002788

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0013994
MICR Code: 721002788
Address: Sbi Tamluk Railway Station Branch, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur District, West Bengal
City: Purba Midnapore
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 721002788.

  • In this case first three codes 721 is city code and it represents city Purba Midnapore.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 788 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Sbi Tamluk Railway Station Branch, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur District, West Bengal.

How to find micr code (for example 721002788) 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.