20,000 in words
20,000 (written as 20,000 with Indian commas) is Twenty thousand in the Indian numbering system and Twenty thousand in the international system. In Hindi: बीस हज़ार रुपये.
How to write 20,000 on a cheque
Write "Rupees Twenty thousand Only" on the amount line and draw a line after it; write 20,000/- in the box. Banks accept "and" or hyphens either way, but the words must match the figures exactly.
Why two spellings?
India groups digits in lakh (1,00,000) and crore (1,00,00,000) after the first thousand, so 20,000 reads "twenty thousand". The international system groups in thousands, millions and billions, giving "twenty thousand". Both mean the same amount.
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