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  3. The Cosmos Cooperative Bank Ltd
  4. Tamil Nadu
  5. Chennai
  6. Chennai
  7. MICR: 600164004

MICR Code: 600164004

Bank: The Cosmos Cooperative Bank Ltd
IFSC Code: Cosb0000126
MICR Code: 600164004
Address: Cosmos Bank Ltd , 1 St Floor , Door No 223, Iind Avenue, Y Block , Vi Th Main Road , Anna Nagar, Chennai 600040
City: Chennai
District: Chennai
State: Tamil Nadu

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 600164004.

  • In this case first three codes 600 is city code and it represents city Chennai.
  • Next three characters 164 represents bank The Cosmos Cooperative Bank Ltd.
  • Remaining characters which are 004 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Cosmos Bank Ltd , 1 St Floor , Door No 223, Iind Avenue, Y Block , Vi Th Main Road , Anna Nagar, Chennai 600040.

How to find micr code (for example 600164004) 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.