Area converters
Property and land area, including Indian units like bigha, gaj, guntha, cent, marla and kanal.
1 m² = 10.76391 sq ft
All area conversions
- square meters to square feet
- square feet to square meters
- square yards to square feet
- square feet to square yards
- gaj to square feet
- square feet to gaj
- gaj to square meters
- square meters to gaj
- acres to hectares
- hectares to acres
- acres to square feet
- square feet to acres
- hectares to square meters
- square meters to hectares
- square kilometers to square miles
- square miles to square kilometers
- acres to square meters
- square meters to acres
- cents to square feet
- square feet to cents
- cents to acres
- acres to cents
- guntha to square feet
- square feet to guntha
- guntha to acres
- acres to guntha
- marla to square feet
- square feet to marla
- kanal to marla
- marla to kanal
- kanal to square feet
- square feet to kanal
- kanal to acres
- acres to kanal
- bigha to acres
- acres to bigha
- bigha to square feet
- square feet to bigha
- bigha to hectares
- hectares to bigha
- bigha to guntha
- guntha to bigha
- square inches to square centimeters
- square centimeters to square inches
- square meters to square yards
- square yards to square meters
- hectares to square kilometers
- square kilometers to hectares
The units
- square meter (m²)
- A square 1 m on each side. The SI unit of area, used for flats outside the US and India.
- square foot (sq ft)
- A square 1 foot on each side, 0.0929 m². The usual unit for flat and office sizes in India and the US.
- square yard (sq yd)
- 9 square feet, about 0.836 m². Used for plot sizes, carpets and turf.
- gaj (gaj)
- The Hindi name for a square yard (9 sq ft), common for plot sizes in North India.
- square inch (sq in)
- A square 1 inch on each side, 6.4516 cm². Used for small surfaces and pressure units.
- square centimeter (cm²)
- A square 1 cm on each side. Used for small surfaces like tiles and paper.
- acre (ac)
- 43,560 square feet or about 4,047 m². Used for farmland and estates in India, the US and UK.
- hectare (ha)
- 10,000 m², a square 100 m on each side. The metric unit for farmland and forests.
- square kilometer (km²)
- 1,000,000 m² or 100 hectares. Used for city and country areas.
- square mile (sq mi)
- 640 acres, about 2.59 km². Used for land area in the US.
- cent (cent)
- 1/100 of an acre, 435.6 sq ft. The usual plot unit in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and parts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
- guntha (guntha)
- 1,089 sq ft (33 × 33 ft), 1/40 of an acre. Used in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat and Telangana.
- marla (marla)
- 272.25 sq ft in the standard Punjab and Haryana measure (some records use 225 or 250 sq ft). Used in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal and Jammu & Kashmir.
- kanal (kanal)
- 20 marla or 5,445 sq ft (1/8 acre) in the standard Punjab measure. Used in Punjab, Haryana and J&K.
- bigha (bigha)
- Varies by state. This page uses 27,000 sq ft (common in Uttar Pradesh). Bihar uses about 27,220 sq ft, Rajasthan (pucca) 27,225, Gujarat 17,424, West Bengal and Assam 14,400, Punjab and Haryana 9,070, Himachal 8,712. Check your land record.
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