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  4. Himachal Pradesh
  5. Chamba
  6. Chamba
  7. MICR: 176240003

MICR Code: 176240003

Bank: HDFC Bank
IFSC Code: Hdfc0002906
MICR Code: 176240003
Address: Hdfc Bank Ltd., Bharmour View Hotel And Restaurant Main Bazar, Bharmour Chamba Himachal Pradesh 176315
City: Chamba
District: Chamba
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 176240003.

  • In this case first three codes 176 is city code and it represents city Chamba.
  • Next three characters 240 represents bank HDFC Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 003 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Hdfc Bank Ltd., Bharmour View Hotel And Restaurant Main Bazar, Bharmour Chamba Himachal Pradesh 176315.

How to find micr code (for example 176240003) 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.