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India land measurements

India Land Units Guide

Compare common Indian land units and open direct converters for bigha, katha, gaj, ground, guntha, acre, square feet, and square meters.

Common India Land Unit Values

These are common calculator presets used for quick planning. Local revenue records, deeds, and survey documents can use different regional definitions.

UnitSquare feetRegionNote
Square Feet1StandardCommon building and property listing unit.
Square Yards / Gaj9Standard / North IndiaOne square yard is 9 square feet; gaj is commonly used the same way.
Square Meters10.7639MetricOfficial metric area unit.
Acre43,560StandardCommon land unit used across India and globally.
Hectare107,639.1042MetricMetric land unit equal to 10,000 square meters.
Cent435.6South IndiaOne cent is 1/100 acre.
Decimal / Dismil435.6East IndiaOften used as 1/100 acre, same square-foot value as cent.
Ground2,400Tamil NaduCommon Chennai/Tamil Nadu urban land unit.
Guntha / Gunta1,089Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra/TelanganaCommonly treated as 1/40 acre.
Marla272.25Punjab, Haryana, North IndiaCommonly 30.25 square yards.
Kanal5,445Punjab, Haryana, Jammu & KashmirCommonly 20 marla.
Bigha - Bengal/Assam common14,400West Bengal, Assam, TripuraCommon eastern India value; bigha varies widely by region.
Bigha - Punjab/Haryana common21,780Punjab, HaryanaCommon value where 2 bigha is treated as 1 acre.
Katha - West Bengal common720West BengalCommon West Bengal value; katha varies by region.
Katha - Assam common2,880AssamCommon Assam value where 5 katha is 1 bigha.