Land Measurement Unit in India
In India Land measurement are in varieties and if you go from one state to another you will get to listen different words for it. So, here I am with an informative article about land measurement across India. In India you go North you will come across units like Bigha, Marla,etc and when you will switch to south you will hear Cent, Guntha, Ground, etc. According to different name of units, sizes also vary from state to state. There are only some units like Square Meters, Hectares Square Feet and Square Yards and Acres which are commonly used all over India.
Unit Value
Sq.Mile 3.228305785124E-7
Sq.Kilometer 8.3613119834711E-7
Hectare 8.3612732438017E-5
Acre 0.00020661328125
Sq.Meter 0.83612735998838
Are 0.0083612735989153
Sq.Feet 9
Sq.Yard 1
Sq.Inch 1296
Guntha 0.0082645314759814
Vigha(23.5) 0.00035168220557851
Vigha(16) 0.00051653321926653
Units of land called in North India
Term of Unit Used Conversion Used in States
1 Bigha Pucca 3025 sq yd Bihar & some parts of UP, Punjab, Haryana
1 Bigha 968 sq yd Bigha size used in some parts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
1 Bigha 900 sq yd Bigha size used in some parts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Bigha Kachha 1008.33 sq yd Some parts of Punjab, Haryana,UP Kachha Bigha is one-third of Pucca Bigha.
1 Biswa Pucca 151.25 sq yd It’s mostly used in upper parts of UP, Punjab, Haryana
1 Biswa 48.4 sq yd Some parts of HP, Uttarakhand
1 Biswa 45 sq yd Some parts of HP, Uttarakhand
1 Biswa(Kaccha) 50.417 sq yd Lower parts of Punjab, Haryana,UP
1 Biswansi 1/20 Biswa Used in UP, Punjab, Haryana,Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
1 Killa 4840 sq yd Used in some parts of Haryana and Punjab
1 Ghumaon 4840 sq yd in some parts of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab.
1 Kanal 5445 sq ft Unit used in Haryana, Punjab,Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir
1 Sarsahi(Square Karam) 30.25 sq ft sometimes used in Punjab,Haryana and Himachal Pradesh
Units of land called in South India
Term of Unit Used Conversion Used in States
1 Ankanam 72 sqft used in parts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
1 Bigha 1600 sqyd in Assam and Bengal
1 Cent 435.6 sqft used in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka
1 Ground 2400 sqft parts of Tamil Nadu.
1 Guntha 1089 sqft used in Andhra Pradesh,Karnataka & Maharashtra
1 Kuncham 484 sqyd used in Andhra Pradesh
Units of land called in East India
Term of Unit Used Conversion Used in States
1 Chatak 180 sqft Unit used in West Bengal
1 Decimal 48.4 sqyd Unit used in West Bengal
1 Dhur 68.0625 sqft Bihar/ Jharkhand
1 Dhur 3.6 sqft Unit used in Tripura
1 Kattha 2880 sqft Unit used in Assam
1 Kattha 720 sqft Unit used in Bengal
1 Kattha 1361.25 sqft Unit used in Bihar
1 Lecha 144 sqft Unit used in Assam
Units of land called in Central India
Term of Unit Used Conversion Used in States
1 Bigha 1333.33 sqyd Bigha size used in parts of Madhya Pradesh.
1 Kattha 600 sqft Unit used in MP
Units of land called in West India
Term of Unit Used Conversion Used in States
1 Bigha Pucca 3025 sq yd Bihar & some parts of Rajasthan
1 Bigha 1936 sq yd Bigha size used in Gujarat and some parts of Rajasthan
1 Biswa Pucca 151.25 sq yd Its mostly used in upper parts of Rajasthan
1 Biswa 96.8 sq yd Lower parts of Rajasthan
1 Biswansi 1/20 Biswa Used in Rajasthan