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Land units state by state

The units each region uses, with the official sizes we could verify. For other states, see how to find your own local value below.

My state is not here

Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and others all use local units such as bigha, biswa, katha, dhur and chatak. Their sizes change from district to district, and we did not find an official table for them that we could open and read. A wrong figure for land is worse than no figure, so we have not printed one.

How to find the size of your local unit

  1. Look at your own papers. A registry or sale deed usually states the area in two ways, for example in bigha and also in square metres or hectares. Divide one by the other and you have your local size.
  2. Ask the revenue office. The patwari, lekhpal or tehsil office knows which chain or rod your village was measured with.
  3. Check the state land records site. Most state portals now show area in hectares next to the local unit.

Then use it here

In the converter, choose "My local unit" and type its size in square feet, square yards or square metres. Every conversion then works for your village.

Example: your deed says 2 bigha and also 0.5058 hectare. One bigha is then 0.2529 hectare, which is 2,529 square metres. Type 2529 square metres as your local unit.

Why the same word has many sizes

Read why a bigha is not the same size everywhere.

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.