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  7. MICR: 160022027

MICR Code: 160022027

Bank: Oriental Bank of Commerce
IFSC Code: Orbc0101233
MICR Code: 160022027
Address: Sco 54, Sector 47C, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
City: Chandigarh
District: Chandigarh
State: Chandigarh

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 160022027.

  • In this case first three codes 160 is city code and it represents city Chandigarh.
  • Next three characters 022 represents bank Oriental Bank of Commerce.
  • Remaining characters which are 027 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Sco 54, Sector 47C, Chandigarh, Chandigarh.

How to find micr code (for example 160022027) 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.