MICR Code: 641020047

Bank: Indian Overseas Bank
IFSC Code: Ioba0000137
MICR Code: 641020047
Address: 5 By 24A, Jawahar Main Road, Punjaipuliampatti Via Erode, Pin 638459
City: Erode
District: Punjai Puliampatti
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 641020047.

  • In this case first three codes 641 is city code and it represents city Erode.
  • Next three characters 020 represents bank Indian Overseas Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 047 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address 5 By 24A, Jawahar Main Road, Punjaipuliampatti Via Erode, Pin 638459.

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.