MICR Code: 171311011

Bank: Himachal Pradesh State Co-Operative Bank Ltd
IFSC Code: Hpsc0000457
MICR Code: 171311011
Address: Batar Galu Po Kathasu Tehsil Jubbal Pin-171206
City: Shimla
District: Jubbal
State: Himachal Pradesh

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 171311011.

  • In this case first three codes 171 is city code and it represents city Shimla.
  • Next three characters 311 represents bank Himachal Pradesh State Co-Operative Bank Ltd.
  • Remaining characters which are 011 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Batar Galu Po Kathasu Tehsil Jubbal Pin-171206.

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.