MICR Code: 642020102

Bank: Indian Overseas Bank
IFSC Code: Ioba0000534
MICR Code: 642020102
Address: 210 212, Palani Rd, Udumalpet, 642126
City: Coimbatore
District: Udumalpet
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 642020102.

  • In this case first three codes 642 is city code and it represents city Coimbatore.
  • Next three characters 020 represents bank Indian Overseas Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 102 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address 210 212, Palani Rd, Udumalpet, 642126.

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.