MICR Code: 160019002
| Bank: Indian Bank |
| IFSC Code: Idib000s071 |
| MICR Code: 160019002 |
| Address: Sco 72-73 Sector - 40 - Cchandigarh160036 |
| City: Chandigarh |
| District: Chandigarh |
| State: Chandigarh |
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 160019002.
- 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 002 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Sco 72-73 Sector - 40 - Cchandigarh160036.
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.