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  7. MICR: 160011011

MICR Code: 160011011

Bank: Andhra Bank
IFSC Code: Andb0001877
MICR Code: 160011011
Address: Main Chandigarh Road , Nh-21 Desumajra Kharar
City: Rupnagar
District: Kharar
State: Punjab

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 160011011.

  • In this case first three codes 160 is city code and it represents city Rupnagar.
  • Next three characters 011 represents bank Andhra Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 011 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Main Chandigarh Road , Nh-21 Desumajra Kharar.

How to find micr code (for example 160011011) 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.