Real Estate Land Measurement : Bigha, Use in Nepal..!

A Bigha is a customary unit of measurement in Nepal, equal to neralyt 6,773 square meters. Officially, most measurement of lands use units of either Bigha (in Terai region) or Ropani (Nepali : रोपनी) (in Hilly regions).

Metric system is very seldom used officially in measuring area of Land.

Measurement of area in terms of bigha

    1 Bigha (बिघा) = 20 Kattha (कठ्ठा) (Nearly 6,772.63 m² or 1 square feet.)

    1 Kattha (कठ्ठा) = 20 Dhur (धुर) (Nearly 338.63 m² or 3,645 square feet.)

    1 Dhur (धुर) = 16.93 m² or 182.25 square feet.

    1 Kanwa (कनवा) = 1 / 16 Dhur (धुर)

    1 Kanaee (कनई) = 1 / 16 Kanwa (कनवा)

    1 Bigha = 13.31 Ropani (रोपनी)

    1 Ropani = 16 aana (आना) (Nearly 508.72 m² or 5476 sq. feet.)

    1 aana = 4 paisa (पैसा) (Nearly 31.80 m² or 342.25 square feet.)

    1 paisa = 4 daam (दाम) (7.95 m²)

    1 Bigha = 6,772.63 m²

For the different Ropani system from the one above

    1 Bigha = .677263 hectare = 1.6735 acre = 13.31 Ropani

    1 Hectare = 19.965 Ropani

    19.965 Ropani = 1 Hectare

    1 Ropani = 508.83771 m²

Src: Wikipedia

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