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  7. MICR: 172240003

MICR Code: 172240003

Bank: HDFC Bank
IFSC Code: Hdfc0002371
MICR Code: 172240003
Address: Hdfc Bank Ltd Aditya Bhagwan House, Ward No. 7, Municipal Council, Rohru Shimla Himachal Pradesh 171207
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 172240003.

  • In this case first three codes 172 is city code and it represents city Simla.
  • 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 Aditya Bhagwan House, Ward No. 7, Municipal Council, Rohru Shimla Himachal Pradesh 171207.

How to find micr code (for example 172240003) 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.