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  5. Elampillai
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  7. MICR: 636240005

MICR Code: 636240005

Bank: HDFC Bank
IFSC Code: Hdfc0001874
MICR Code: 636240005
Address: No.73, Salem Main Roaddist- Salem
City: Salem
District: Elampillai
State: Tamil Nadu

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 636240005.

  • In this case first three codes 636 is city code and it represents city Salem.
  • Next three characters 240 represents bank HDFC Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 005 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address No.73, Salem Main Roaddist- Salem.

How to find micr code (for example 636240005) 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.