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  5. Chandigarh
  6. Chandigarh
  7. MICR: 160028017

MICR Code: 160028017

Bank: UCO Bank
IFSC Code: Ucba0002114
MICR Code: 160028017
Address: Service Branchsec 17B 160017
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 160028017.

  • In this case first three codes 160 is city code and it represents city Chandigarh.
  • Next three characters 028 represents bank UCO Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 017 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Service Branchsec 17B 160017.

How to find micr code (for example 160028017) 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.