🌾 Land & Property
Indian Land Area Unit Converter — State-Wise
Bigha, katha, biswa, guntha, kanal, marla, cent — these mean different things in different states. Pick your state first, then convert using that state's own local conversion factors.
Full conversion table
1 Bigha across states — quick comparison
A single bigha value would be misleading here — this is exactly why the state selector above matters.
Frequently asked questions
How many square feet in 1 bigha in UP, Bihar, or Rajasthan?
In Uttar Pradesh, 1 pucca bigha is commonly taken as 27,000 sq ft (kaccha bigha is much smaller, around 3,025 sq ft, in eastern UP). In Bihar, 1 bigha is commonly 27,225 sq ft (20 katha). In Rajasthan, a pucca bigha is commonly 27,225 sq ft while a kaccha bigha is around 17,424 sq ft. These figures are widely used approximations — always verify locally.
Why does bigha vary so much between states and even within a state?
Bigha is a traditional, pre-metric unit that was never standardized nationally. Its size was historically set by local revenue administrations, so it varies by state, and sometimes by district or even village within the same state (commonly split into "pucca" and "kaccha" variants).
What is a katha?
A katha (also spelled cottah) is a traditional unit used mainly in Bihar, West Bengal, and Jharkhand, generally equal to 1/20th of a bigha in that region — though the exact size still depends on which bigha definition is used locally.
1 acre mein kitne bigha hote hain?
It depends on the state's bigha definition. For example, using a 27,000 sq ft UP pucca bigha, 1 acre (43,560 sq ft) is about 1.61 bigha. Using a Punjab bigha of 10,890 sq ft, 1 acre equals exactly 4 bigha. Select your state in the tool above to see the exact figure.