MICR Code: 700020040
| Bank: Indian Overseas Bank |
| IFSC Code: Ioba0000649 |
| MICR Code: 700020040 |
| Address: Urdi Bazaar Po Chander Nagar Chander Nagar Pin 712136 |
| City: Kendrapara |
| District: Chandannagar |
| State: Odisha |
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 700020040.
- In this case first three codes 700 is city code and it represents city Kendrapara.
- Next three characters 020 represents bank Indian Overseas Bank.
- Remaining characters which are 040 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Urdi Bazaar Po Chander Nagar Chander Nagar Pin 712136.
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.