MICR Code: 160229003
| Bank: ICICI Bank |
| IFSC Code: Icic0000058 |
| MICR Code: 160229003 |
| Address: Scf 21-22, Phase Vii, Sas Nagar, Mohali.┬Á160059┬Á |
| City: Rupnagar |
| District: Sas Nagar(Mohali) |
| State: Punjab |
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 160229003.
- In this case first three codes 160 is city code and it represents city Rupnagar.
- Next three characters 229 represents bank ICICI Bank.
- Remaining characters which are 003 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Scf 21-22, Phase Vii, Sas Nagar, Mohali.┬Á160059┬Á.
The easiest way to find MICR code is to check your
- Bank account statement
- Cheques
Please examine below sample cheque for more details
I hope this clears doubts.