MICR Code: 171311050

Bank: Yes Bank
IFSC Code: Yesb0hpb460
MICR Code: 171311050
Address: Vpo Fagu Tehsil Theog Shimla 171209
City: Simla
District: Theog
State: Himachal Pradesh

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.

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 171311050.

  • In this case first three codes 171 is city code and it represents city Simla.
  • Next three characters 311 represents bank Yes Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 050 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Vpo Fagu Tehsil Theog Shimla 171209.

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.