MICR Code: 173017102

Bank: Corporation Bank
IFSC Code: Corp0001261
MICR Code: 173017102
Address: Door No 12, Ward No 11, Near P & S Bank, Bangram Chowk, Bye Pass Road, Paonta Sahib, Pincode :173025, Himachal Pradesh
City: Sirmaur
District: Paonta Sahib
State: Himachal Pradesh

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 173017102.

  • In this case first three codes 173 is city code and it represents city Sirmaur.
  • Next three characters 017 represents bank Corporation Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 102 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Door No 12, Ward No 11, Near P & S Bank, Bangram Chowk, Bye Pass Road, Paonta Sahib, Pincode :173025, Himachal Pradesh.

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.