MICR Code: 638020050

Bank: Indian Overseas Bank
IFSC Code: Ioba0003430
MICR Code: 638020050
Address: 2 By 340 By 1, Muthur Road, Nathakadaiyur, Tiruppur District 638108
City: Erode
District: Kangeyam
State: Tamil Nadu

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 638020050.

  • In this case first three codes 638 is city code and it represents city Erode.
  • Next three characters 020 represents bank Indian Overseas Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 050 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address 2 By 340 By 1, Muthur Road, Nathakadaiyur, Tiruppur District 638108.

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.