MICR Code: 171311021

Bank: Himachal Pradesh State Co-Operative Bank Ltd
IFSC Code: Hpsc0000420
MICR Code: 171311021
Address: Khaneti Sadoch Po Batari Tehsil Kumarsain Pin 172031
City: Shimla
District: Kumarsain
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 171311021.

  • 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 021 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Khaneti Sadoch Po Batari Tehsil Kumarsain Pin 172031.

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.