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  3. Bank of Baroda
  4. Himachal Pradesh
  5. Simla
  6. Shimla
  7. MICR: 171012003

MICR Code: 171012003

Bank: Bank of Baroda
IFSC Code: Barb0extsim
MICR Code: 171012003
Address: Shimla Ext. Counter, Block No 1, Sda Complex, Kusumpti, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh -171 009
City: Shimla
District: Simla
State: Himachal Pradesh

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 171012003.

  • In this case first three codes 171 is city code and it represents city Shimla.
  • Next three characters 012 represents bank Bank of Baroda.
  • Remaining characters which are 003 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Shimla Ext. Counter, Block No 1, Sda Complex, Kusumpti, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh -171 009.

How to find micr code (for example 171012003) 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.