MICR Code: 688029002

Bank: Vijaya Bank
IFSC Code: Vijb0002001
MICR Code: 688029002
Address: Alapuzha Kerala,P B No 61, Cullen Road, Alapuzha, Kerala, Kerala
City: Alapuzha,Kerala
District: Alapuzha,Kerala
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 688029002.

  • In this case first three codes 688 is city code and it represents city Alapuzha,Kerala.
  • Next three characters 029 represents bank Vijaya Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 002 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Alapuzha Kerala,P B No 61, Cullen Road, Alapuzha, Kerala, Kerala.

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.