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  3. Indian Overseas Bank
  4. Tamil Nadu
  5. Kumbakonam
  6. Thanjavur
  7. MICR: 612020017

MICR Code: 612020017

Bank: Indian Overseas Bank
IFSC Code: Ioba0001797
MICR Code: 612020017
Address: Court Complex, Dr Moorthy Road Kumbakonam Pin 612001
City: Thanjavur
District: Kumbakonam
State: Tamil Nadu

What is MICR Code?

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.

Details of MICR Code

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 612020017.

  • In this case first three codes 612 is city code and it represents city Thanjavur.
  • Next three characters 020 represents bank Indian Overseas Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 017 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Court Complex, Dr Moorthy Road Kumbakonam Pin 612001.

How to find micr code (for example 612020017) from bank account number?

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.