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  4. Chandigarh
  5. Chandigarh
  6. Chandigarh
  7. MICR: 160007090

MICR Code: 160007090

Bank: State Bank of Patiala
IFSC Code: Stbp0001554
MICR Code: 160007090
Address: State Bank Of Patiala, Old District Court Arbitration Centre, Sector 17C
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 160007090.

  • In this case first three codes 160 is city code and it represents city Chandigarh.
  • Next three characters 007 represents bank State Bank of Patiala.
  • Remaining characters which are 090 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address State Bank Of Patiala, Old District Court Arbitration Centre, Sector 17C.

How to find micr code (for example 160007090) 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.