MICR Code: 220029136

Bank: Vijaya Bank
IFSC Code: Vijb0004136
MICR Code: 220029136
Address: Dr. No 1-681, Plot 86, Sector- Ii, Mvp Colony, Visakhapatnam-530002
City: Vishakhapatnam
District: Vishakhapatnam
State: Andhra Pradesh

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 220029136.

  • In this case first three codes 220 is city code and it represents city Vishakhapatnam.
  • Next three characters 029 represents bank Vijaya Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 136 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Dr. No 1-681, Plot 86, Sector- Ii, Mvp Colony, Visakhapatnam-530002.

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.