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  4. Chandigarh
  5. Mani Majra
  6. Chandigarh
  7. MICR: 160010202

MICR Code: 160010202

Bank: Allahabad Bank
IFSC Code: Alla0212570
MICR Code: 160010202
Address: Scf-293, Motor Market, Manimajra, Chandigarh, Pin-160101
City: Chandigarh
District: Mani Majra
State: Chandigarh

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 160010202.

  • In this case first three codes 160 is city code and it represents city Chandigarh.
  • Next three characters 010 represents bank Allahabad Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 202 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Scf-293, Motor Market, Manimajra, Chandigarh, Pin-160101.

How to find micr code (for example 160010202) 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.