MICR Code: 151022552

Bank: Oriental Bank of Commerce
IFSC Code: Orbc0100276
MICR Code: 151022552
Address: Mandir Wali Gali,, Bhucho Mandi,, Bhuco Mandi
City: Bhuco Mandi
District: Bhuco Mandi
State: Punjab

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 151022552.

  • In this case first three codes 151 is city code and it represents city Bhuco Mandi.
  • Next three characters 022 represents bank Oriental Bank of Commerce.
  • Remaining characters which are 552 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Mandir Wali Gali,, Bhucho Mandi,, Bhuco Mandi.

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.