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  4. Kerala
  5. Purakkad
  6. Alapuzzha
  7. MICR: 688009156

MICR Code: 688009156

Bank: State Bank of Travancore
IFSC Code: Sbtr0000475
MICR Code: 688009156
Address: Holy Cross Church Building, Purakkad P.O. 690551 Purakkad@ Sbt. Co. In
City: Alapuzzha
District: Purakkad
State: Kerala

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 688009156.

  • In this case first three codes 688 is city code and it represents city Alapuzzha.
  • Next three characters 009 represents bank State Bank of Travancore.
  • Remaining characters which are 156 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Holy Cross Church Building, Purakkad P.O. 690551 Purakkad@ Sbt. Co. In.

How to find micr code (for example 688009156) 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.