Land UnitsReady tables
Pick the right bigha
The converter lists five bighas, because a bigha is a different size in different places. Choose the one for your region. If yours is not listed, choose "My local unit" and type its size. More about the bigha.
Units by region
- Land units in Punjab and Haryana
- Bigha in Rajasthan: two official sizes
- Land units in Assam and Meghalaya
- Land units in Uttarakhand
- Land units in Jharkhand
- Land units in south India: cent and guntha
Other tools and guides
- Plot area calculator: area from the sides of a plot.
- Why a bigha is not the same size everywhere
- How to read kanal-marla area in a jamabandi or fard
Questions people ask
How many square feet is 1 bigha?
There is no single answer. Official sizes we could verify: 27,225 or 17,424 square feet in Rajasthan (two different chains), 14,400 in Assam and Meghalaya, 9,075 in old Haryana records and 6,806.25 in Uttarakhand. Other states differ again.
How many marla are in 1 kanal?
20 marla make 1 kanal. One marla is 272.25 square feet and one kanal is 5,445 square feet, with the 66 inch karam of the land records standard.
How many guntha make 1 acre?
40 guntha make 1 acre. One guntha is 1,089 square feet.
How many cents make 1 acre?
100 cents make 1 acre. One cent, also called a decimal or dismil, is 435.6 square feet.
My bigha is a different size. What do I do?
Choose "My local unit" in the converter and type how many square feet, square yards or square metres your bigha is. Your sale deed or the patwari can tell you.
Is this an official converter?
No. It is an independent tool that uses sizes read from official documents, which are named on the About page. For legal work, go by your revenue record.
For a sale, a loan or a court paper, go by your own revenue record. Local units can differ between districts and between old and new records. The sizes here were read in the official documents named under Sources on 11 November 2026. This site is not a government site and gives no legal advice.