MICR Code: 581020526
Bank: Indian Overseas Bank |
IFSC Code: Ioba0000296 |
MICR Code: 581020526 |
Address: Arati Building Main Road, Ankola Taluk Belekeri Pin 581321 |
City: Uttar Kannad |
District: Belekeri |
State: Karnataka |
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 581020526.
- In this case first three codes 581 is city code and it represents city Uttar Kannad.
- Next three characters 020 represents bank Indian Overseas Bank.
- Remaining characters which are 526 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Arati Building Main Road, Ankola Taluk Belekeri Pin 581321.
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.