EPSG:24373 Kalianpur 1880 / India zone IIIa
Projected system (Lambert Conic Conformal (1SP)) in use: India - onshore 15°N to 21°N. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.
EPSG publishes no simple transformation to WGS 84 for this datum: conversion works on the ellipsoid alone and can be off by tens of metres.
| Code | EPSG:24373 |
|---|---|
| Name | Kalianpur 1880 / India zone IIIa |
| Type | Projected system — Lambert Conic Conformal (1SP) |
| Area of use |
India - onshore 15°N to 21°N India - onshore between 15°N and 21°N. |
| Bounds | W 70,14° · S 15,00° · E 87,15° · N 21,01° |
| Countries | India |
| Datum | Kalianpur 1880 |
| Ellipsoid | Everest (1830 Definition) a = 6377299.36559538 m · 1/f = 300.801725543 |
| Base geographic system | EPSG:4243 — Kalianpur 1880 |
| Unit | Indian yard (E east, N north) |
| Transformation to WGS 84 | No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone) |
| Scope | Engineering survey, topographic mapping. |
Projection parameters
| Parameter | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Latitude of natural origin | 19 | degree |
| Longitude of natural origin | 80 | degree |
| Scale factor at natural origin | 0.99878641 | unity |
| False easting | 3000000 | Indian yard |
| False northing | 1000000 | Indian yard |
proj4 definition
+proj=lcc +lat_1=19 +lat_0=19 +lon_0=80 +k_0=0.99878641 +x_0=2743195.59223332 +y_0=914398.530744441 +a=6377299.36559538 +b=6356098.35900516 +to_meter=0.914398530744441 +no_defsPaste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:24373.
WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)
PROJCS["Kalianpur_1880_India_Zone_III",GEOGCS["GCS_Kalianpur_1880",DATUM["D_Kalianpur_1880",SPHEROID["Everest_1830",6377299.36559538,300.801725543355]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",3000000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",1000000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",80.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",19.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.99878641],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",19.0],UNIT["Indian yard",0.914398530744441]]Other systems — India
- EPSG:7785WGS 84 / Tamil Nadu
- EPSG:7786WGS 84 / Tripura
- EPSG:7787WGS 84 / West Bengal
- EPSG:24342Kalianpur 1975 / UTM zone 42N
- EPSG:24343Kalianpur 1975 / UTM zone 43N
- EPSG:24344Kalianpur 1975 / UTM zone 44N
- EPSG:24345Kalianpur 1975 / UTM zone 45N
- EPSG:24346Kalianpur 1975 / UTM zone 46N
- EPSG:24347Kalianpur 1975 / UTM zone 47N
- EPSG:24371Kalianpur 1880 / India zone I
- EPSG:24372Kalianpur 1880 / India zone IIa
- EPSG:24374Kalianpur 1880 / India zone IVa
- EPSG:24378Kalianpur 1975 / India zone I
- EPSG:24379Kalianpur 1975 / India zone IIa
- EPSG:24380Kalianpur 1975 / India zone IIb
- EPSG:24381Kalianpur 1975 / India zone IIIa
- EPSG:24382Kalianpur 1880 / India zone IIb
- EPSG:24383Kalianpur 1975 / India zone IVa
Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.