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  7. MICR: 171240006

MICR Code: 171240006

Bank: HDFC Bank
IFSC Code: Hdfc0002970
MICR Code: 171240006
Address: Hdfc Bank Ltd., 3 Rd Floor, Khasra No. 249-197-73 - 1047, Prem Ghat, Main Market, Theog, Shimla Himachal Pradesh 171201
City: Simla
District: Theog
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 171240006.

  • In this case first three codes 171 is city code and it represents city Simla.
  • Next three characters 240 represents bank HDFC Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 006 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Hdfc Bank Ltd., 3 Rd Floor, Khasra No. 249-197-73 - 1047, Prem Ghat, Main Market, Theog, Shimla Himachal Pradesh 171201.

How to find micr code (for example 171240006) 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.