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  7. MICR: 160019001

MICR Code: 160019001

Bank: Indian Bank
IFSC Code: Idib000c009
MICR Code: 160019001
Address: Sco 38-39 Madhyamarg Sector 7C, Chandigarh-160 022. Phone No.
City: Chandigarh
District: Chandigarh
State: Chandigarh

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 160019001.

  • In this case first three codes 160 is city code and it represents city Chandigarh.
  • Next three characters 019 represents bank Indian Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 001 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Sco 38-39 Madhyamarg Sector 7C, Chandigarh-160 022. Phone No..

How to find micr code (for example 160019001) 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.