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  3. Himachal Pradesh State Co-Operative Bank Ltd
  4. Himachal Pradesh
  5. Shimla
  6. Shimla
  7. MICR: 171311002

MICR Code: 171311002

Bank: Himachal Pradesh State Co-Operative Bank Ltd
IFSC Code: Hpsc0000438
MICR Code: 171311002
Address: Shimla The Mall Shimla 171001
City: Shimla
District: Shimla
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 171311002.

  • 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 002 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Shimla The Mall Shimla 171001.

How to find micr code (for example 171311002) 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.