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  3. Himachal Pradesh State Co-Operative Bank Ltd
  4. Himachal Pradesh
  5. Bharmour
  6. Chamba
  7. MICR: 176311017

MICR Code: 176311017

Bank: Himachal Pradesh State Co-Operative Bank Ltd
IFSC Code: Hpsc0000178
MICR Code: 176311017
Address: Bharmaur Chamba Pin-176015
City: Chamba
District: Bharmour
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 176311017.

  • In this case first three codes 176 is city code and it represents city Chamba.
  • Next three characters 311 represents bank Himachal Pradesh State Co-Operative Bank Ltd.
  • Remaining characters which are 017 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Bharmaur Chamba Pin-176015.

How to find micr code (for example 176311017) 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.