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  3. The South Indian Bank Ltd
  4. Kerala
  5. Kottayam
  6. Kottayam
  7. MICR: 686059001

MICR Code: 686059001

Bank: The South Indian Bank Ltd
IFSC Code: Sibl0000240
MICR Code: 686059001
Address: Ground Floor, John Paul Ii Pilgrim Centre, K.E. Road, Kappad, Kottayam , Kottayam , Kerala, Pin-686508
City: Kottayam
District: Kottayam
State: Kerala

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 686059001.

  • In this case first three codes 686 is city code and it represents city Kottayam.
  • Next three characters 059 represents bank The South Indian Bank Ltd.
  • Remaining characters which are 001 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Ground Floor, John Paul Ii Pilgrim Centre, K.E. Road, Kappad, Kottayam , Kottayam , Kerala, Pin-686508.

How to find micr code (for example 686059001) 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.