EPSG systems

EPSG:24312 Kalianpur 1962 / UTM zone 42N

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Pakistan - onshore 66°E to 72°E. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:24312
NameKalianpur 1962 / UTM zone 42N
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Pakistan - onshore 66°E to 72°E
Pakistan - onshore between 66°E and 72°E.
Bounds W 66,00° · S 23,64° · E 72,01° · N 36,56°
Countries Pakistan
DatumKalianpur 1962
Ellipsoid Everest 1830 (1962 Definition) a = 6377301.243 m · 1/f = 300.8017255
Base geographic system EPSG:4145 — Kalianpur 1962
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 Kalianpur 1962 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1247) — accuracy 999 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin69degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=42 +a=6377301.243 +rf=300.8017255 +units=m +towgs84=283,682,231 +no_defs

Paste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:24312.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Kalianpur_1962_UTM_Zone_42N",GEOGCS["GCS_Kalianpur_1962",DATUM["D_Kalianpur_1962",SPHEROID["Everest_Definition_1962",6377301.243,300.8017255]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",69.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Pakistan

Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.