MICR Code: 686020502

Bank: Indian Overseas Bank
IFSC Code: Ioba0002473
MICR Code: 686020502
Address: Vi By 69 A 1,I Floor, Chennattumattom Bldg, Opp Bus Stand, Pampady,686 502, Kerala
City: Kottayam
District: Pampady
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 686020502.

  • In this case first three codes 686 is city code and it represents city Kottayam.
  • Next three characters 020 represents bank Indian Overseas Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 502 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Vi By 69 A 1,I Floor, Chennattumattom Bldg, Opp Bus Stand, Pampady,686 502, Kerala.

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.