Survey of India

Survey of India
Survey and mapping agency overview
Formed1767; 257 years ago (1767)[1]
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersHathibarkala Estate, New Cantt Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India[2]
Minister responsible
Survey and mapping agency executive
Parent departmentDepartment of Science and Technology
Websitesurveyofindia.gov.in
A map showing the triangles and transects used in the Great Trigonometrical Survey (1802–1852), produced in 1870.
Surveyor-General of India George Everest (b.1790-d.1866) under whom GTS was completed and Mount Everest was named in his honour.

The Survey of India is India's central engineering agency in charge of mapping and surveying.[3] Set up in 1767[4] to help consolidate the territories of the British East India Company, it is one of the oldest Engineering Departments of the Government of India. Its members are from Survey of India Service cadre of Civil Services of India. It is headed by the Surveyor General of India. At present, the Surveyor General is Hitesh Kumar S. Makwana.

  1. ^ "About Us". Survey of India. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Contact us". Survey of India. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  3. ^ On 250th birthday, Survey of India wants to shed its cloak of secrecy Archived 29 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Indian Express.
  4. ^ St. Peter Church Allahabad Archived 17 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine.