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  3. Indian Overseas Bank
  4. Tamil Nadu
  5. Poonamalle
  6. Thiruvallur
  7. MICR: 600020216

MICR Code: 600020216

Bank: Indian Overseas Bank
IFSC Code: Ioba0002775
MICR Code: 600020216
Address: 85 Thirumalai Balaji Nagar, Main Road, Thiruverkadu, Chennai 600007
City: Thiruvallur
District: Poonamalle
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 600020216.

  • In this case first three codes 600 is city code and it represents city Thiruvallur.
  • Next three characters 020 represents bank Indian Overseas Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 216 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address 85 Thirumalai Balaji Nagar, Main Road, Thiruverkadu, Chennai 600007.

How to find micr code (for example 600020216) 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.