Land area units around the world
Many places still buy, sell and record land in traditional units. Some are fixed by law; others — like the bigha — vary from state to state. Each page lists the documented values with their sources and a converter.
Official records come first. Where a unit varies by region, the value that applies to your land is the one in your land records or used by your local revenue office. We list only values we could source; if one is missing or wrong for your area, tell us at support@landmeasure.app.
Convert any land unit
| Unit | Value |
|---|---|
| Square meters (m²) | 2,529.29 m² |
| Square feet (ft²) | 27,225 ft² |
| Square yards (yd²) | 3,025 yd² |
| Acres (ac) | 0.625 ac |
| Hectares (ha) | 0.252929 ha |
South Asia
Bigha Beegha · Bigah
A traditional land unit of India, Nepal and Bangladesh whose size changes by region: from 9,075 to 72,900 sq ft in the values listed here.
6 regional values, 9,075–72,900 sq ft
Biswa Bisva · बिस्वा
One twentieth of a bigha, used in North Indian land records. Its size follows the local bigha, so it changes from state to state.
2 regional values, 454–1,361 sq ft
Katha Kattha · Cottah
A subdivision of the bigha used in Bengal, Bangladesh, Assam, Bihar and Nepal: 720 sq ft in West Bengal and Bangladesh, larger elsewhere.
5 regional values, 720–3,645 sq ft
Lessa Lecha · Locha
The smallest common land unit in Assam: 144 sq ft (about 13.38 m²). Twenty lessa make a katha and 100 make a bigha.
1 lessa = 13.378 m² (144 sq ft)
Dhur Dhoor · धुर
A small land unit of Nepal’s Terai and Bihar, one twentieth of a kattha: 182.25 sq ft in Nepal, about 68 sq ft on the common Bihar katha.
2 regional values, 68.06–182 sq ft
Kanal Kanaal · کنال
A Punjab-region land unit of 20 marla: 5,445 sq ft (1/8 acre) in revenue records, 4,500 sq ft in Lahore housing schemes such as DHA.
2 regional values, 4,500–5,445 sq ft
Marla Marlah · مرلہ
The basic plot unit of Pakistan and Indian Punjab: 272.25 sq ft in revenue records, 225 sq ft in Lahore housing schemes. 20 marla = 1 kanal.
2 regional values, 225–272 sq ft
Killa Kila · Qila
The field unit of Punjab and Haryana. In consolidated land records one killa is one acre: 36 × 40 karam, or 43,560 sq ft.
2 regional values, 36,299–43,560 sq ft
Murabba Muraba · Marabba
A large block of Punjab farmland: 25 killa, or 25 acres (about 10.12 hectares).
1 murabba = 101,171 m² (1,089,000 sq ft)
Guntha Gunta · Gunthe
One fortieth of an acre: 1,089 sq ft (121 sq yd, a 33 ft square), used in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Telangana land records.
1 guntha = 101 m² (1,089 sq ft)
Cent Cents · சென்ட்
One hundredth of an acre (435.6 sq ft, about 40.47 m²), the usual plot unit in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
1 cent = 40.4686 m² (436 sq ft)
Decimal Dismil · Decimil
One hundredth of an acre (435.6 sq ft), called decimal or dismil in eastern India and shotok or shotangsho in Bangladesh.
1 decimal = 40.4686 m² (436 sq ft)
Ground Manai · மனை
A Tamil Nadu plot unit of 2,400 sq ft (about 222.97 m²), common in Chennai property deals; one ground is about 5.5 cents.
1 ground = 223 m² (2,400 sq ft)
Kani Kaani · காணி
A traditional Tamil Nadu farmland unit: 57,600 sq ft (24 grounds), about 1.32 acres, per the state survey department’s table.
1 kani = 5,351 m² (57,600 sq ft)
Ropani Ropni · रोपनी
Nepal’s hill-region land unit: 5,476 sq ft (74 ft × 74 ft), about 508.74 m², divided into 16 aana.
1 ropani = 509 m² (5,476 sq ft)
Aana Anna · Ana
One sixteenth of a Nepali ropani: 342.25 sq ft (about 31.80 m²), the usual unit for house plots in the Kathmandu Valley.
1 aana = 31.7961 m² (342 sq ft)
Southeast Asia
Rai ไร่
Thailand’s land unit, exactly 1,600 m² (0.16 ha, about 0.395 acre), divided into 4 ngan of 100 square wah each.
1 rai = 1,600 m² (17,222 sq ft)
Ngan Ngarn · Ngaan
A Thai land unit of exactly 400 m², a quarter of a rai and 100 square wah.
1 ngan = 400 m² (4,306 sq ft)
Square wah Tarang wa · Talangwah
Thailand’s smallest land unit: a square of one wa (2 m), exactly 4 m². 100 make a ngan and 400 make a rai.
1 square wah = 4 m² (43.06 sq ft)
East Asia
Tsubo 坪 · Bu (歩)
Japan’s unit for floor and lot area: a square of one ken, exactly 400/121 m² (about 3.3058 m², two tatami mats).
1 tsubo = 3.3058 m² (35.58 sq ft)
Pyeong 평 · 坪
The Korean floor-space unit, defined like Japan’s tsubo: 400/121 m² (about 3.3058 m²). Still used informally in South Korea.
1 pyeong = 3.3058 m² (35.58 sq ft)
Ping 坪 · Píng
Taiwan’s floor-space unit, identical to the Japanese tsubo: 400/121 m² (about 3.3058 m²); a hectare is exactly 3,025 ping.
1 ping = 3.3058 m² (35.58 sq ft)
Jia Chia · Kah
Taiwan’s farmland unit: 2,934 ping, about 0.96992 hectare (2.397 acres), a measure inherited from the Dutch morgen.
1 jia = 9,699 m² (104,401 sq ft)
Mu 亩 · 畝
China’s traditional farmland unit, now fixed at 1/15 hectare: about 666.67 m², or 0.165 acre.
1 mu = 667 m² (7,176 sq ft)
Middle East & North Africa
Feddan فدان · Faddan
Egypt’s land unit: 4,200 m² (0.42 ha, about 1.04 acres), divided into 24 qirat of 175 m² each.
1 feddan = 4,200 m² (45,208 sq ft)
Dunam Dönüm · Donum
The Ottoman land unit still used across the Middle East: 1,000 m² in its metric form, 2,500 m² in Iraq, 14,400 sq ft in old Cyprus deeds.
4 regional values, 9,895–26,910 sq ft
Jerib Jarib · Djerib
A Persian-origin land unit: 2,000 m² (0.2 ha) in Afghanistan, while in Iran the name has come to mean the hectare.
2 regional values, 21,528–107,639 sq ft
Europe & Africa
Morgen Morge · Mg
A “morning’s ploughing”: 0.856532 ha in South African title deeds, 2,553.22 m² for the old Prussian morgen, 2,500 m² in later German use.
3 regional values, 26,910–92,196 sq ft
Are Ar · Sotka
The metric land unit of 100 m² (a 10 m square); 100 ares make a hectare. In Russia and Ukraine it is called the sotka.
1 are = 100 m² (1,076 sq ft)
Hectare ha · Hectárea
The metric land unit: 10,000 m² (a 100 m square), about 2.471 acres. Land records and farm statistics in most countries use it.
1 hectare = 10,000 m² (107,639 sq ft)
Americas
Arpent Arpent carré · French acre
The French colonial land unit of Quebec and Louisiana, about 0.845 acre; Mauritius and Seychelles use a larger arpent of about 1.04 acres.
4 regional values, 36,801–45,433 sq ft
Manzana Mz · Mzn
A Central American land unit of 10,000 square varas, about 0.7 ha (1.73 acres in Costa Rica); in Argentina the name is used for one hectare.
2 regional values, 75,229–107,639 sq ft
Cuerda Spanish acre · cda
Puerto Rico’s land unit: 3,930.395625 m² by law, about 0.971 acre, so close to an acre that the two are often confused.
1 cuerda = 3,930 m² (42,306 sq ft)
Labor Labor de tierra
A Spanish and Mexican land-grant unit of 1,000,000 square varas: about 177.14 acres (71.68 ha) in Texas. 25 labors make a league.
1 labor = 716,844 m² (7,716,049 sq ft)
English & US survey units
Acre ac · एकड़
The international acre: exactly 43,560 sq ft (4,840 sq yd, 4,046.8564224 m²). Cents, decimals, guntha, kanal and killa are all fractions of it.
1 acre = 4,047 m² (43,560 sq ft)
Rood R. · Rood of land
A quarter acre: 1,210 sq yd or 10,890 sq ft (about 1,011.71 m²). Old deeds give area as acres, roods and perches.
1 rood = 1,012 m² (10,890 sq ft)
Perch Square perch · Square rod
A square rod: 272.25 sq ft (30.25 sq yd, about 25.29 m²); 160 perches make an acre. Land in Sri Lanka is customarily measured in perches.
1 perch = 25.2929 m² (272 sq ft)
Section Sec. · Square-mile section
A Public Land Survey System block of nominally one square mile, 640 acres. Quarter sections (160 acres) are classic farm units.
1 section = 2,589,988 m² (27,878,400 sq ft)
Township Twp · Survey township
A US survey township is nominally 6 miles square: 36 sections, or 23,040 acres (about 93.24 km²).
1 township = 93,239,572 m² (1,003,622,400 sq ft)
Read the overview: traditional land units by country.