SBI IFSC Code

10 things you must know about SBI IFSC codes

Every code is of 11 characters (alphabets and numbers).
5th character of code is always 0 (zero).
Every code starts with "SBIN0" (SBIN is the bank code of State Bank of India).
There are about 22,000 codes of the bank (The exact number keeps on changing as the bank opens new branches or merge existing ones). You can get the number of SBI branches by looking at analyst presentations.
The last five characters of code represent the branch code. For example, "SBIN0000001" is the IFSC of SBI Kolkata Main branch, its branch code is "00001".
"SBIN00CARDS" IFSC code can be used to make payment of an SBI credit card. Your 16 digit card number is used as an account number.

Only 20 codes have alphabets in their last six characters (Remember this number can change at any time). Put in another way, for all other last six are digits. List of codes containing alphabets:

No.	IFSC Code	Used by/for department/branch/RRB
1	SBIN0000BGL	SBI Internet Banking Dept GITC
2	SBIN0000INB	SBI Internet Banking Dept GITC
3	SBIN0000TBU	E Collection Van
4	SBIN000NDMC	NDMC Collections
5	SBIN00CARDS	SBI Credit card payment
6	SBIN0COLLEC	SBI Internet Banking Dept GITC
7	SBIN0GOKDDO	Dr. Ambedkar Veedhi Bengaluru
8	SBIN0RRARGB	Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank Naharilagun RRB
9	SBIN0RRCHGB	Chhattisgarh Gramin Bank
10	SBIN0RRDCGB	Deccan Grameena Bank
11	SBIN0RRELGB	Ellaquai Dehati Bank RRB
12	SBIN0RRMBGB	Madhya Bharat Gramin Bank
13	SBIN0RRMEGB	Meghalaya Rural Bank RRB
14	SBIN0RRMIGB	Mizoram Rural Bank RRB
15	SBIN0RRNLGB	Nagaland Rural Bank RRB
16	SBIN0RRPUGB	Purvanchal Gramin Bank
17	SBIN0RRSRGB	Saurashtra Gramin Bank
18	SBIN0RRUKGB	Utkal Gramya Bank RRB
19	SBIN0RRUTGB	Uttaranchal Gramin Bank
20	SBIN0RRVCGB	Jharkhand Rajya Gramin Bank

Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) sponsored by SBI use codes with the prefix "SBIN0RR".
If an IFSC code of an SBI branch starts with "SBIN005", it was earlier a branch of State Bank of Patiala (e-SBP). Similarly, "SBIN007" for State Bank of Travancore (e-SBT), "SBIN002" for State Bank of Hyderabad (e-SBH), and "SBIN003" for State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (e-SBBJ). There can be exceptions to this.
After the merger of associate banks with SBI, associate bank branches got new IFSC Codes.

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10 things you must know about SBI IFSC codes

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