EPSG systems

EPSG:24343 Kalianpur 1975 / UTM zone 43N

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: India - mainland 72°E to 78°E. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

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System record
CodeEPSG:24343
NameKalianpur 1975 / UTM zone 43N
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use India - mainland 72°E to 78°E
India - mainland onshore between 72°E and 78°E.
Bounds W 72,00° · S 8,02° · E 78,01° · N 35,51°
Countries India
DatumKalianpur 1975
Ellipsoid Everest 1830 (1975 Definition) a = 6377299.151 m · 1/f = 300.8017255
Base geographic system EPSG:4146 — Kalianpur 1975
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 Kalianpur 1975 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:1156) — accuracy 22 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin75degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=43 +a=6377299.151 +rf=300.8017255 +units=m +towgs84=295,736,257 +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:24343.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["Kalianpur_1975_UTM_Zone_43N",GEOGCS["GCS_Kalianpur_1975",DATUM["D_Kalianpur_1975",SPHEROID["Everest_Definition_1975",6377299.151,300.8017255]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",75.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

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