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  7. MICR: 171014002

MICR Code: 171014002

Bank: Bank of Maharashtra
IFSC Code: Mahb0001234
MICR Code: 171014002
Address: Simla
City: Simla
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 171014002.

  • In this case first three codes 171 is city code and it represents city Simla.
  • Next three characters 014 represents bank Bank of Maharashtra.
  • Remaining characters which are 002 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Simla.

How to find micr code (for example 171014002) 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.