MICR Code: 686009801
| Bank: State Bank of Travancore |
| IFSC Code: Sbtr0000845 |
| MICR Code: 686009801 |
| Address: Building No.9/445 W, Poovanthuruthu Shopping Complex, Poovanthuruthu P.O., Panachikad Village 686012 |
| City: Kottayam |
| District: Kottayam |
| State: Kerala |
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 686009801.
- In this case first three codes 686 is city code and it represents city Kottayam.
- Next three characters 009 represents bank State Bank of Travancore.
- Remaining characters which are 801 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Building No.9/445 W, Poovanthuruthu Shopping Complex, Poovanthuruthu P.O., Panachikad Village 686012.
The easiest way to find MICR code is to check your
- Bank account statement
- Cheques
Please examine below sample cheque for more details
I hope this clears doubts.