MICR Code: 500164003

Bank: The Cosmos Cooperative Bank Ltd
IFSC Code: Cosb0000048
MICR Code: 500164003
Address: Mch No. 8-3-940 & 940/A To E, Shop 1,2 Shah Residency, Tirumala , Yellareddyguda, Ameer Pet, Hyderabad 500016
City: Hyderabad
District: Hyderabad
State: Andhra Pradesh

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 500164003.

  • In this case first three codes 500 is city code and it represents city Hyderabad.
  • Next three characters 164 represents bank The Cosmos Cooperative Bank Ltd.
  • Remaining characters which are 003 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Mch No. 8-3-940 & 940/A To E, Shop 1,2 Shah Residency, Tirumala , Yellareddyguda, Ameer Pet, Hyderabad 500016.

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.