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  7. MICR: 160022038

MICR Code: 160022038

Bank: Oriental Bank of Commerce
IFSC Code: Orbc0101934
MICR Code: 160022038
Address: Vill- Sahauran , Rayat And Bahara Institute, Distt- Sas Nagar, Punjab-140104, Sas Nagar Punjab
City: Sas Nagar Punjab
District: Sas Nagar Punjab
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 160022038.

  • In this case first three codes 160 is city code and it represents city Sas Nagar Punjab.
  • Next three characters 022 represents bank Oriental Bank of Commerce.
  • Remaining characters which are 038 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Vill- Sahauran , Rayat And Bahara Institute, Distt- Sas Nagar, Punjab-140104, Sas Nagar Punjab.

How to find micr code (for example 160022038) 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.