MICR Code: 160007076

Bank: State Bank of Patiala
IFSC Code: Stbp0001244
MICR Code: 160007076
Address: Hseb, Hvpnl Building, Shakti Bhawan, Sector 6, Panchkula, Pincode 134109
City: Panchkula
District: Panchkula
State: Haryana

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.

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 160007076.

  • In this case first three codes 160 is city code and it represents city Panchkula.
  • Next three characters 007 represents bank State Bank of Patiala.
  • Remaining characters which are 076 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Hseb, Hvpnl Building, Shakti Bhawan, Sector 6, Panchkula, Pincode 134109.

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.