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  2. Nepalese customary units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    In hilly regions, ropani-aana-paisa-daam units are used while in terai regions, bigha-kattha-dhur units measurements are used. We may need to convert land area units such as aana to dhur, dhur to aana, kattha to aana, ropani to bigha, square meter to aana, square meter to dhur etc, For such area units conversion you may use Area Converter ...

  3. Bigha - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Katha (unit) - Wikipedia

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    In Punjab and Haryana, Katha is known as Biswa. 1 Bigha = 20 Biswa and 1 Biswa = 20 Biswansi. 1 Acre = 2 bigha = 4,840 square yard; 1 Bigha = 2,420 square yard; 1 biswa = 121 square yard; 1 biswansi = 6.05 square yard

  5. Measurement of land in Punjab - Wikipedia

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    Bigha-Biswa system conversion to current Acre system 1 Karam = 57.157 inch; 1 Biswansi = 1 Karam X 1 Karam; 20 Biswansi = 1 Biswa; 20 Biswa = 1 Bigha; 4 Bigha और 16 Biswa = 1 Acre; Killa-Biswa-Bigha system (old system, no longer used since 1957) 1 Karam = 57.157 inch; 20 Biswansi = 1 Biswa; 20 Biswa = 1 Bigha; 4 Bigha = 1 Killa (40 Karam X ...

  6. Tinkathia System - Wikipedia

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    The term Tinkathia literally means three Katha, which is a unit of measurement for land used in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. [1]In Indian units of measurement, each Bigha is sub-divided into twenty Katha.

  7. Jerib - Wikipedia

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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).

  8. Dhani (settlement type) - Wikipedia

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    Per the Census of India, 70% of Indians live in villages. 80% of the villages have a population of less than 1000 people and each consists of a cluster of hamlets (e.g. dhani, nesada, pada, bigha). Most dhanis are nucleated settlements, while others are more dispersed.

  9. Maund (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The maund (/ ˈ m ɔː n d /), mun or mann (Bengali: মণ; Urdu: من) is the anglicized name for a traditional unit of mass used in British India, and also in Afghanistan, Persia, and Arabia: [1] the same unit in the Mughal Empire was sometimes written as mann or mun in English, while the equivalent unit in the Ottoman Empire and Central ...