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  4. Himachal Pradesh
  5. Shimla
  6. Shimla
  7. MICR: 171028006

MICR Code: 171028006

Bank: UCO Bank
IFSC Code: Ucba0000565
MICR Code: 171028006
Address: Commercial Complex, Zonal Centre, Kasumpti 171009
City: Shimla
District: Shimla
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 171028006.

  • In this case first three codes 171 is city code and it represents city Shimla.
  • Next three characters 028 represents bank UCO Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 006 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Commercial Complex, Zonal Centre, Kasumpti 171009.

How to find micr code (for example 171028006) 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.