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  3. Himachal Pradesh State Co-Operative Bank Ltd
  4. Himachal Pradesh
  5. Nahan
  6. Sirmour
  7. MICR: 173311053

MICR Code: 173311053

Bank: Himachal Pradesh State Co-Operative Bank Ltd
IFSC Code: Hpsc0000557
MICR Code: 173311053
Address: Katcha Tank Pin 173001
City: Sirmour
District: Nahan
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 173311053.

  • In this case first three codes 173 is city code and it represents city Sirmour.
  • Next three characters 311 represents bank Himachal Pradesh State Co-Operative Bank Ltd.
  • Remaining characters which are 053 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Katcha Tank Pin 173001.

How to find micr code (for example 173311053) 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.