MICR Code: 638053016

Bank: Karur Vysya Bank Limited
IFSC Code: Kvbl0001296
MICR Code: 638053016
Address: D. No. 124 ( Old No: 96), Anna Street Main Road, Erode District, Sivagiri-638109
City: Erode
District: Sivagiri
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 638053016.

  • In this case first three codes 638 is city code and it represents city Erode.
  • Next three characters 053 represents bank Karur Vysya Bank Limited.
  • Remaining characters which are 016 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address D. No. 124 ( Old No: 96), Anna Street Main Road, Erode District, Sivagiri-638109.

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.