MICR Code: 600048006

Bank: The Dhanalakshmi Bank Ltd
IFSC Code: Dlxb0000149
MICR Code: 600048006
Address: Dhanalakshmi Bank Ltd, Y-219, 2 Nd Avenue, Near Ayyappan Temple, Anna Nagar, Chennai-40
City: Chennai
District: Chennai
State: Tamil Nadu

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 600048006.

  • In this case first three codes 600 is city code and it represents city Chennai.
  • Next three characters 048 represents bank The Dhanalakshmi Bank Ltd.
  • Remaining characters which are 006 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Dhanalakshmi Bank Ltd, Y-219, 2 Nd Avenue, Near Ayyappan Temple, Anna Nagar, Chennai-40.

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.