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One acre equals 1 ⁄ 640 (0.0015625) square mile, 4,840 square yards, 43,560 square feet, [2] or about 4,047 square metres (0.4047 hectares) (see below).While all modern variants of the acre contain 4,840 square yards, there are alternative definitions of a yard, so the exact size of an acre depends upon the particular yard on which it is based.
1.0 hm 2 (2.5 acres) square decametre: dam2 Q23931040: dam 2: US spelling: square dekameter: 1.0 dam 2 (1,100 sq ft) square metre: m2 Q25343: m 2: US spelling: square meter: 1.0 m 2 (11 sq ft) m2 sqft; square decimetre: dm2 Q3331719: dm 2: US spelling: square decimeter: 1.0 dm 2 (16 sq in) square centimetre: cm2 Q2489298: cm 2: US spelling ...
One bigha is equal to 20 Katha (14,400 square feet or 1,600 square yard) as standardized in pre-partition Bengal during the British rule. In other words, 3 bigha are just 0.5 Katha or 360 sq ft short of 1 acre. (One Acre = 4,840 sq yd or 43,560 sq ft or 4,047 sq m).
The area of the fields thus increased from a side of 100 ordinary cubits (a half acre of 21,797 sq ft.) to twice that (an acre of 43,514 sq ft) when plowed by oxen, to three times that (one and one half acres 65,391 sq ft) when plowed with horses, to a two acre khet of (89,004 sq ft) measured with sides of 100 royal cubits to an aroura with ...
Image comparing the hectare (the small blue area at lower left) to other units. The entire yellow square is one square mile.. The hectare (/ ˈ h ɛ k t ɛər,-t ɑːr /; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm 2), that is, 10,000 square metres (10,000 m 2), and is primarily used in the measurement of land.
An Ankanam is measured as 72 sq ft (6.7 m 2), (mostly in the Nellore District) and, in some places (such as Tirupati), 36 sq ft (3.3 m 2). In Nellore, one acre equals 605 Ankanams, and 1 cent amounts to 6.05 Ankanams. This unit is very popular, presumably because it is easier to calculate the cost of a piece of land. [1]
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[1] [2] In Afghanistan, however, it is standardized at 2,000 square metres (0.49 acres). [2] [3] The jerib was roughly equivalent to the other customary land measures in south Asia and the Middle East, the Indian bigha and the Sumerian iku, varying between 1,600 and 3,600 square metres (0.40 and 0.89 acres). The word is probably derived from ...