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Current standard measurement of farm land. A commonly used land measurement unit in Punjab is karam or square karam. [3] Other units include the Sarsai and units listed. [4] This the current system of measurement of farm land. All Units. 1 karam × 1 karam = 1 sq. karam. 5.5 feet × 5.5 feet = 30.25 sq. feet. 30.25 square feet = 1 Sarsai.
The marla is a traditional unit of area that is used in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The marla was standardized under British raj to be equal to the square rod, or 272.25 square feet, 30.25 square yards, or 25.2929 square metres. As such, it was exactly one 160th of an acre.
In Assam, a bigha is 14,400 square feet (1,340 m 2) or 1,600 sq yard.One bigha is divided into 5 Katha. [2] [3] Each Katha consists of 20 Lessa.Hence each Katha is 2,880 square feet (268 m 2) in area, although this may vary within different regions of Assam. 4 bighas together are further termed as a Pura.
In Uttar Pradesh, Katha is also known as Biswa. One Katha is equal to 1,361.25 ft 2 or 151.25 square yard. 1 bigha in UP can range from 5 to 20 Katha. (1 Acre = 32 Katha). 1 Katha = 1 Biswa. 1 Katha = 20 Dhur. 1 Biswa = 20 Biswansi.
5,000. 1.3932 km. legua. "league". 15,000. 4.1795 km. There are a number of Spanish units of measurement of length or area that are virtually obsolete due to metrication. They include the vara, the cordel, the league and the labor. The units of area used to express the area of land are still encountered in some transactions in land today.
The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool [1] and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet, equal to exactly 1 ⁄ 320 of a mile, or 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain), and is exactly 5.0292 meters.
Length. For measuring length, the U.S. customary system uses the inch, foot, yard, and mile, which are the only four customary length measurements in everyday use. From 1893, the foot was legally defined as exactly 1200⁄3937 m (approximately 0.304 8006 m). [13] Since July 1, 1959, the units of length have been defined on the basis of 1 yd = 0 ...
In 1977 when a carpet retailing chain reneged on an industry-wide agreement to use metric units (carpeting at £8.36 per square yard looked more appealing in price to the customer than carpeting at £10.00 per square metre), it became necessary for the first time to use legislation to enforce metrication rather than to rely on a voluntary ...