MICR Code: 638240006

Bank: HDFC Bank
IFSC Code: Hdfc0002190
MICR Code: 638240006
Address: Hdfc Bank Ltd 412/5, Tirupur Road
City: Erode
District: Kangeyam
State: Tamil Nadu

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.

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 638240006.

  • In this case first three codes 638 is city code and it represents city Erode.
  • 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 412/5, Tirupur Road.

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.