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  7. MICR: 143022021

MICR Code: 143022021

Bank: Oriental Bank of Commerce
IFSC Code: Orbc0100978
MICR Code: 143022021
Address: Mehta Road, Nawanpind, Dist: Amritsar, Nawanpind
City: Nawanpind
District: Nawanpind
State: Punjab

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 143022021.

  • In this case first three codes 143 is city code and it represents city Nawanpind.
  • Next three characters 022 represents bank Oriental Bank of Commerce.
  • Remaining characters which are 021 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Mehta Road, Nawanpind, Dist: Amritsar, Nawanpind.

How to find micr code (for example 143022021) 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.