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  7. MICR: 160240057

MICR Code: 160240057

Bank: HDFC Bank
IFSC Code: Hdfc0002446
MICR Code: 160240057
Address: Hdfc Bank Ltd., Sco 120, Sector 25, Panchkula, Punchkula Haryana 134109
City: Panchkula
District: Panchkula
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 160240057.

  • In this case first three codes 160 is city code and it represents city Panchkula.
  • Next three characters 240 represents bank HDFC Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 057 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Hdfc Bank Ltd., Sco 120, Sector 25, Panchkula, Punchkula Haryana 134109.

How to find micr code (for example 160240057) 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.