---
id: "in_micr"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["finances"]
country: ["IN"]
langs: ["en"]
quality: 70
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/in_micr"
---

# Indian MICR code (`in_micr`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Nine-digit Magnetic Ink Character Recognition code of an Indian bank branch, printed on cheques: three digits for the city, three for the bank and three for the branch.

- Parent datatype: `id`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Finances and banking (finances)
- Countries: India (IN)
- Languages: English (en)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^\d{9}$
```

## Examples

- `395437002` — Bank branch
- `384437002` — Bank branch
- `39543700` (invalid example) — Eight digits

## Metacrafter rules

1 rules: 0 match the field name, 1 match values.

- `inmicrvalue` (data, `in/in_finances.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `metacrafter`

## Quality

Score 70/100. Missing: source link, mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), translation.

JSON: <https://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/in_micr.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/IN/finances/in_micr.yaml>