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As a unit of area, a square perch (the perch being standardized to equal 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet, or 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards) is equal to a square rod, 30 + 1 ⁄ 4 square yards (25.29 square metres) or 1 ⁄ 160 acre. There are 40 square perches to a rood (for example a rectangular area of 40 rods times one rod), and 160 square perches to an acre (for ...
A rectangle that is one furlong (i.e., 10 chains, or 40 rods) in length and one rod in width is one rood in area, as is any space comprising 40 perches (a perch being one square rod). The vergée was also a quarter of a Normandy acre, and was equal to 40 square perches (1 Normandy acre = 160 square perches).
In Sri Lanka, the division of an acre into 160 perches or 4 roods is common. [39] In Pakistan, residential plots are measured in kanal (20 marla = 1 kanal = 605 sq yards) and open/agriculture land measurement is in acres (8 kanal = 1 acre) and muraba (25 acres = 1 muraba = 200 kanal), jerib, wiswa and gunta. [40] [41]
The 66-foot unit, which was four perches or rods, [11] took on the name the chain. ... 1 Acre = 10 square chains or 43,560 square feet 1 square mile = 640 acres
square rod/pole/perch: sq rd ≡ 1 rd × 1 rd = 25.292 852 64 m 2: square yard (International) ... acre-foot: ac ft ≡ 1 ac x 1 ft = 43 560 cu ft = 1 233.481 837 547 ...
A square 5 perches on each side, or one quarter of an acre. acre, or arpent carré: 48 400 ~5107 m 2 ~6108 sq yd, or ~1.262 acres The French acre is a square 10 perches (one arpent) on each side. (Does not exactly correspond to the English acre, which is defined as 43 560 square feet.) North America: perche du roi carrée: 324 ~34.19 m 2 ~40.89 ...
1 தாக்கு (thakku) = 7.56 சதுர அடி (Sq. ft) In Jaffna, Sri Lanka For House property 1 Parappu = 1 Lacham = 10 Perches; 16 Parappu = 1 Acre; Varaku Culture (V.C.) 18 kulies = 1 lacham; 16 lachams = 1 acre; Paddy Culture (P.C.) 12 kulies = 1 lacham; 24 lachams = 1 acre
The Composition of Yards and Perches (Latin: Compositio Ulnarum et Perticarum) or the Statute of Ells and Perches was a medieval English statute defining the length of the barleycorn, inch, foot, yard, and perch, as well as the area of the acre. Its date has been estimated at 1266–1303. [1]