Land UnitsIndian land units
23 units, each with an official source. Tap one for its size, tables and where it is used.
- Square foot The everyday unit for plots and flats
- Square yard (gaj) 9 square feet; called gaj in north India
- Square metre The metric unit; 10.764 square feet
- Are 100 square metres
- Acre 4,840 square yards or 43,560 square feet
- Hectare 10,000 square metres; 2.471 acres
- Cent (decimal, dismil) One hundredth of an acre
- Guntha (gunta) One fortieth of an acre
- Kuncham 10 cents, Andhra Pradesh
- Sarsahi (square karam) One karam by one karam, with a 66 inch karam
- Marla 9 sarsahi
- Kanal 20 marla; 8 kanal make an acre
- Killa (ghuman) 8 kanal, the same as an acre
- Bigha (165 ft jarib) Rajasthan, Shahjahani jarib: 165 ft by 165 ft
- Bigha (132 ft jarib) Rajasthan, Gantari jarib: 132 ft by 132 ft
- Bigha (Assam, Meghalaya) 3.025 bigha make an acre
- Bigha (Haryana, before settlement) 4 bigha 16 biswa make an acre
- Bigha (Uttarakhand) 82.5 ft by 82.5 ft; 6.4 bigha make an acre
- Katha (Assam) 20 lessa
- Lessa 144 square feet, Assam
- Katha (Jharkhand) 66.89 square metres
- Nali 240 square yards, Uttarakhand hills
- Mutthi One sixteenth of a nali
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