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  4. Himachal Pradesh
  5. Kupvi
  6. Simla
  7. MICR: 171028080

MICR Code: 171028080

Bank: UCO Bank
IFSC Code: Ucba0001728
MICR Code: 171028080
Address: Uco Bankkupvi 171217
City: Simla
District: Kupvi
State: Himachal Pradesh

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 171028080.

  • In this case first three codes 171 is city code and it represents city Simla.
  • Next three characters 028 represents bank UCO Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 080 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Uco Bankkupvi 171217.

How to find micr code (for example 171028080) 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.