EPSG systems

EPSG:6207 Nepal 1981

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Nepal. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:6207
NameNepal 1981
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Nepal
Bounds W 80,06° · S 26,34° · E 88,21° · N 30,43°
Countries Nepal
DatumNepal 1981
Ellipsoid Everest 1830 (1937 Adjustment) a = 6377276.345 m · 1/f = 300.8017
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Nepal 1981 to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:6208) — accuracy 0.3 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=evrst30 +towgs84=293.17,726.18,245.36 +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:6207.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Nepal_Nagarkot",DATUM["D_Nepal_Nagarkot",SPHEROID["Everest_Adjustment_1937",6377276.345,300.8017]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

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