MICR Code: 638020504

Bank: Indian Overseas Bank
IFSC Code: Ioba0001012
MICR Code: 638020504
Address: 1 By 85 Attavanaipudur Poonachi, Mukasi Pudur Po Poonachi Pin 638314
City: Erode
District: Poonachi
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 638020504.

  • 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 504 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address 1 By 85 Attavanaipudur Poonachi, Mukasi Pudur Po Poonachi Pin 638314.

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.