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  7. MICR: 160013003

MICR Code: 160013003

Bank: Bank of India
IFSC Code: Bkid0006201
MICR Code: 160013003
Address: S.C.F.-9, Sector 20- Cchandigarh - 160 020.
City: Chandigarh
District: Chandigarh
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 160013003.

  • In this case first three codes 160 is city code and it represents city Chandigarh.
  • Next three characters 013 represents bank Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 003 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address S.C.F.-9, Sector 20- Cchandigarh - 160 020..

How to find micr code (for example 160013003) 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.