MICR Code: 147020102
| Bank: Indian Overseas Bank |
| IFSC Code: Ioba0001601 |
| MICR Code: 147020102 |
| Address: Opp General Bus Stand G T Road Mandi Gobindgarh Pin 147301 |
| City: Fatehgarh Sahib |
| District: Gobind Garh |
| State: Punjab |
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 147020102.
- In this case first three codes 147 is city code and it represents city Fatehgarh Sahib.
- Next three characters 020 represents bank Indian Overseas Bank.
- Remaining characters which are 102 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Opp General Bus Stand G T Road Mandi Gobindgarh Pin 147301.
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.