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  4. Haryana
  5. Chandigarh
  6. Chandigarh
  7. MICR: 160240018

MICR Code: 160240018

Bank: HDFC Bank
IFSC Code: Hdfc0000597
MICR Code: 160240018
Address: Sco 1070-71, Sector 22-B, Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh 160022
City: Chandigarh
District: Chandigarh
State: Haryana

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 160240018.

  • In this case first three codes 160 is city code and it represents city Chandigarh.
  • Next three characters 240 represents bank HDFC Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 018 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Sco 1070-71, Sector 22-B, Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh 160022.

How to find micr code (for example 160240018) 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.