MICR Code: 147020003

Bank: Indian Overseas Bank
IFSC Code: Ioba0002389
MICR Code: 147020003
Address: Scf 123 C, Urban Estate Phase Ii Patiala Punjab State Pincode 147001
City: Patiala
District: Patiala
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 147020003.

  • In this case first three codes 147 is city code and it represents city Patiala.
  • Next three characters 020 represents bank Indian Overseas Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 003 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Scf 123 C, Urban Estate Phase Ii Patiala Punjab State Pincode 147001.

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.