MICR Code: 575020011

Bank: Indian Overseas Bank
IFSC Code: Ioba0002846
MICR Code: 575020011
Address: Shop No 1,151 3, Mse 2 Colony, Kulai Kodikere, Mangalore 575014
City: Dakshin Kannad
District: Mangalore
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 575020011.

  • In this case first three codes 575 is city code and it represents city Dakshin Kannad.
  • Next three characters 020 represents bank Indian Overseas Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 011 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Shop No 1,151 3, Mse 2 Colony, Kulai Kodikere, Mangalore 575014.

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.