Land UnitsHouse plots across Haryana and Punjab are sold by the marla: a 5 marla house, a 10 marla plot. One marla is 9 sarsahi, and a sarsahi is a square of one karam by one karam.
The arithmetic
With the 66 inch karam of the land records standard, a karam is 5.5 feet. A sarsahi is 5.5 × 5.5 = 30.25 square feet. Nine of them make a marla: 9 × 30.25 = 272.25 square feet. Divide by 9 again and you get 30.25 square yards, so one marla is 30.25 gaj. Twenty marla make a kanal.
Common plot sizes
| Plot | Square feet | Square yards (gaj) | Square metres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 marla | 544.5 | 60.5 | 50.59 |
| 3 marla | 816.75 | 90.75 | 75.88 |
| 4 marla | 1,089 | 121 | 101.17 |
| 5 marla | 1,361.25 | 151.25 | 126.46 |
| 6 marla | 1,633.5 | 181.5 | 151.76 |
| 7 marla | 1,905.75 | 211.75 | 177.05 |
| 8 marla | 2,178 | 242 | 202.34 |
| 10 marla | 2,722.5 | 302.5 | 252.93 |
| 12 marla | 3,267 | 363 | 303.51 |
| 15 marla | 4,083.75 | 453.75 | 379.39 |
| 20 marla | 5,445 | 605 | 505.86 |
Market marla and revenue marla
In some property markets, sellers count a marla as fewer square feet than the revenue marla of 272.25. That makes a plot sound bigger in marlas than it is. Always ask for the area in square feet or square yards, and check it against the registry.
Karam and sarsahi
The karam is a length, about a double pace. The sarsahi is the smallest area unit in the chain. Records made before settlement in Haryana used a shorter karam of 57.157 inches, with biswansi, biswa and bigha instead of sarsahi, marla and kanal.
Marla: ready table
| Marla | Square feet | Square yards | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 272.25 | 30.25 | 0.0063 |
| 2 | 544.5 | 60.5 | 0.0125 |
| 3 | 816.75 | 90.75 | 0.0187 |
| 4 | 1,089 | 121 | 0.025 |
| 5 | 1,361.25 | 151.25 | 0.0312 |
| 6 | 1,633.5 | 181.5 | 0.0375 |
| 7 | 1,905.75 | 211.75 | 0.0437 |
| 8 | 2,178 | 242 | 0.05 |
| 9 | 2,450.25 | 272.25 | 0.0563 |
| 10 | 2,722.5 | 302.5 | 0.0625 |
| 15 | 4,083.75 | 453.75 | 0.0938 |
| 20 | 5,445 | 605 | 0.125 |
| 25 | 6,806.25 | 756.25 | 0.1562 |
| 30 | 8,167.5 | 907.5 | 0.1875 |
| 40 | 10,890 | 1,210 | 0.25 |
| 50 | 13,612.5 | 1,512.5 | 0.3125 |
| 75 | 20,418.75 | 2,268.75 | 0.4688 |
| 100 | 27,225 | 3,025 | 0.625 |
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.
Questions people ask
How many square feet is 1 marla?
1 marla is 272.25 square feet, which is 30.25 square yards or 25.29 square metres. Source: the Government of India land records data standard.
How many square feet is 1 sarsahi (square karam)?
1 sarsahi (square karam) is 30.25 square feet, which is 3.3611 square yards or 2.81 square metres. Source: the Government of India land records data standard.
Sources
- Meta Data and Data Standards (MDDS), Annexure IV, code directory CD00.01 Measurement units, Table 1.3 Conversion Factors. Ministry of Electronics and IT, Government of India; the table credits the Department of Land Resources. Open the document