MICR Code: 688020801

Bank: Indian Overseas Bank
IFSC Code: Ioba0001201
MICR Code: 688020801
Address: Viii By 18, Pathirappally Po, Komalapuram Pin 688521
City: Alapuzha
District: Komalapuram
State: Kerala

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 688020801.

  • In this case first three codes 688 is city code and it represents city Alapuzha.
  • Next three characters 020 represents bank Indian Overseas Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 801 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Viii By 18, Pathirappally Po, Komalapuram Pin 688521.

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.