MICR Code: 612020004
Bank: Indian Overseas Bank |
IFSC Code: Ioba0000217 |
MICR Code: 612020004 |
Address: 10 North South Rajaveedhi Swamimalai Via Kumbakonam Pin 612302 |
City: Thanjavur |
District: Swamimalai |
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 612020004.
- 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 004 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address 10 North South Rajaveedhi Swamimalai Via Kumbakonam Pin 612302.
The easiest way to find MICR code is to check your
- Bank account statement
- Cheques
Please examine below sample cheque for more details

I hope this clears doubts.