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  3. Oriental Bank of Commerce
  4. Himachal Pradesh
  5. Shimla
  6. Shimla
  7. MICR: 171022003

MICR Code: 171022003

Bank: Oriental Bank of Commerce
IFSC Code: Orbc0101297
MICR Code: 171022003
Address: Shanti Complex, Below Atithi Sweets, Phase-1, New Shimla, Shimla
City: Shimla
District: Shimla
State: Himachal Pradesh

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 171022003.

  • In this case first three codes 171 is city code and it represents city Shimla.
  • Next three characters 022 represents bank Oriental Bank of Commerce.
  • Remaining characters which are 003 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Shanti Complex, Below Atithi Sweets, Phase-1, New Shimla, Shimla.

How to find micr code (for example 171022003) 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.