MICR Code: 160013006

Bank: Bank of India
IFSC Code: Bkid0006714
MICR Code: 160013006
Address: Sco No. 10, Sector 16 Panchkula, Dist. Ambala,
City: Panchkula Haryana
District: Panchkula Haryana
State: Haryana

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.

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 160013006.

  • In this case first three codes 160 is city code and it represents city Panchkula Haryana.
  • Next three characters 013 represents bank Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 006 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Sco No. 10, Sector 16 Panchkula, Dist. Ambala,.

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.