Written and fact-checked by Aadil Saif. Arithmetic independently re-verified · Last updated September 2026
Part of the India Land Unit Converter series.
The conversion is the shortest in the series: a killa is an acre. That fact is already on the Acre page and this page does not repeat it. What sent this page looking elsewhere is that in the Punjab and Haryana record the phrase you actually meet is not "three killas" but "Rectangle No. 27, Killa No. 23, (0 Kanal-9 Marla)", an address with a grammar, in 1,188 documents. So the research went into that grammar: which forms appear, what each names, and which of them the record explains. One of them it does not explain, and this page says so rather than guessing.
1 killa = 1 acre = 43,560 square feet = 8 kanal = 160 marla = 0.404685642 hectares.
| One killa, in | Amount | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Acres | 1 | the killa is the acre |
| Kanal | 8 | the rung the record counts in |
| Marla | 160 | n/a |
| Square feet | 43,560 | n/a |
| Square yards | 4,840 | n/a |
| Square metres | 4,046.8564224 | exact |
| Hectares | 0.40468564224 | exact |
| Killa | Kanal (Standard) | Marla (Standard) | Square Feet | Hectare | Square Meter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 160 | 43,560 | 0.40468564224 | 4,046.8564224 |
| 2 | 16 | 320 | 87,120 | 0.80937128448 | 8,093.7128448 |
| 3 | 24 | 480 | 130,680 | 1.21405692672 | 12,140.5692672 |
| 5 | 40 | 800 | 217,800 | 2.0234282112 | 20,234.282112 |
| 10 | 80 | 1,600 | 435,600 | 4.0468564224 | 40,468.564224 |
| 20 | 160 | 3,200 | 871,200 | 8.0937128448 | 80,937.128448 |
| 50 | 400 | 8,000 | 2,178,000 | 20.234282112 | 202,342.82112 |
| 100 | 800 | 16,000 | 4,356,000 | 40.468564224 | 404,685.64224 |
| 200 | 1,600 | 32,000 | 8,712,000 | 80.937128448 | 809,371.28448 |
| 500 | 4,000 | 80,000 | 21,780,000 | 202.34282112 | 2,023,428.2112 |
| 1,000 | 8,000 | 160,000 | 43,560,000 | 404.68564224 | 4,046,856.4224 |
There is no conversion to argue about. Killa is the word Punjab, Haryana and their neighbours use for the acre, and it means exactly that. Where the word came from is set out with the acre, and there is one historical layout in which a killa was not an acre.
What this page is about is the other thing a killa is. In a jamabandi, a killa is a numbered field inside a numbered block, and the number is how land is identified, sold, mortgaged and litigated over. A sale deed does not say "two acres". It says which killas.
That distinction is not pedantry. A buyer who knows a killa is an acre and nothing else will read "Rectangle No.27, Killa No.23, (0 Kanal-9 Marla)" as a description of an acre of land, when it describes nine marla (2,450.25 square feet, or one part in 17.78 of the field it names) nine marla against the 160 a whole killa holds. The number and the area are two different pieces of information sitting next to each other, and the rest of this page is how to keep them apart, starting with the fact that in the Punjab record they are far more often unequal than equal.
Convert The answer, first · To acre, kanal and the rest · The small units
Understand An address, not an area · The word this series could not source · What a killa number cannot tell you · Four mistakes
Act How to read a killa number · FAQ · Sources and method
Convert to a specific unit: Acre · Ankanam · Ares · Bigha · Biswa · Biswa Kacha · Cent · Chatak · Decimal · Dhur · Dismil · Gaj · Gajam · Ground · Guntha · Hectare · Kanal · Katha · Lessa · Marla · Murabba · Nali · Perch · Pura · Square Centimeter · Square Feet · Square Inch · Square Karam · Square Kilometer · Square Meter · Square Mile · Square Yard
Every one of the other thirty-two units has a section on this page. Where two units are the same area their table would be identical, so the second section points at the first rather than repeating it.
Search the Punjab and Haryana corpus for the bare phrase killa number and you get 688 documents. Search for a rectangle number and a killa number together and you get 1,188.
| Search | Documents | What it shows |
|---|---|---|
"killa number" |
688 | the phrase itself |
"rectangle no" with "killa no" |
1,188 | the pair; an address needs both |
"minjumla" |
509 | a real term, but every result inspected is Uttar Pradesh usage |
"sarsahi" |
235 | for scale: the smallest unit in the same record |
That ratio is the finding. The killa number is used more often with a rectangle number than without one, because on its own it does not identify anything: every rectangle in a village has a killa 1, and the pair is what makes an address.
The specimens read like addresses because that is what they are:
The 1960 judgment is worth pausing on. Its point is that the numbers survived a change of record, which is what an address has to do and an area does not. Areas are recomputed at every settlement; identifiers are supposed to persist, and a good deal of Punjab litigation is about whether they did.
An address only works if it stays put, and in Punjab and Haryana it does not always. Consolidation redraws the fields and renumbers them, so a holding that was rectangle 12, killa 7 before a consolidation may be a different address afterwards, or several.
That is why Lachhman Singh v. Pritam Chand was worth deciding in 1960: the finding that "Killa numbers continued to be the same" across the records in that village is a finding about identity, and it settled whether a document referring to the old numbers still described anything. Where the numbers did change, a deed drawn before consolidation and a jamabandi drawn after it describe the same land in two vocabularies, and reconciling them is a separate exercise from converting the area.
For a reader this has one practical consequence. If a document you are relying on predates the village's consolidation, its killa numbers are not the numbers in the current record, and the way across is the consolidation scheme's own comparison statement rather than arithmetic. A conversion table cannot help with this and neither can this page; the point is to notice that the problem exists, because it looks exactly like a clerical error and is not one.
The block above is not drawn with killa 23 placed inside it, because no document reached by this page fixes the order in which the twenty-five fields of a rectangle are numbered. This series does not assert an order it could not source.
Because the land was laid out in blocks before it was allotted. The canal colonies of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were surveyed into rectangles first and subdivided into twenty-five killas each, so a killa number is a coordinate in a grid that already existed. The Murabba page takes the block, and the Acre page sets out its dimensions.
In a state whose fields grew outward from villages rather than being cut from a grid, this is not possible: a survey number identifies a field but nothing about the number tells you where the field is. The Punjab killa number does. That is the difference, and it is why the notation is worth learning.
Everything below is carried by a named specimen. The forms are stable across sixty years of judgments.
| As it appears | What it names | Specimen |
|---|---|---|
Rectangle No. 27, Killa No. 23 |
the block, then the field inside it | Zile Singh, 20 Jan 2009 |
10//6 |
the same thing, contracted, rectangle 10, killa 6 | Mahinder Singh v. Chief Canal Officer, 6 Aug 2024 |
Killa No. 25/1 |
a subdivision of killa 25 | Kajal v. State of Haryana, 20 Mar 2020 |
Killa No. 12/4/2 |
a subdivision of a subdivision | Mahender Singh v. Rohtash, 13 Jan 2016 |
(0 Kanal-9 Marla) |
the area of that field, spelled out | Zile Singh, 20 Jan 2009 |
(2-12) |
the same bracket, contracted, 2 kanal 12 marla | Babu Ram v. Tehsildar Sales, 15 Jan 2010 |
18 Min |
part of killa 18, not defined in any document we found | Gram Panchayat Bhatola, 10 Jul 2020 |
19 min shark |
that part, on the east side | Rajinder Pal Singh v. Amar Singh, 20 Jul 2016 |
13/2 Min Janub |
the south part of subdivision 2 of killa 13 | Balraj Singh v. Balbir Singh, 18 Feb 2009 |
Four rules get you through almost any entry.
The rectangle comes first. Written out it is "Rectangle No. 27, Killa No. 23"; contracted it is 27//23, with the double slash separating block from field. A figure with a double slash in it is an address, not a fraction.
A single slash is a subdivision. Killa No. 25/1 is the first subdivision of killa 25, and 12/4/2 is a subdivision of a subdivision. These appear when a killa is partitioned among heirs, which is most of them.
The bracket is the area, in kanal and marla. One judgment spells it out ("Rectangle No.27, Killa No.23, (0 Kanal-9 Marla)"), and once you have seen that, (2-12) reads as two kanal twelve marla without effort. A full killa is eight kanal, so a bracket reading (8-0) is a whole field and anything less is a part of one.
A direction word narrows a part. Shark is east and janub is south, so "19 min shark" is the eastern piece of killa 19 and "13/2 Min Janub" is the southern piece of subdivision 2 of killa 13.
Take the fullest specimen on this page and work left to right.
"Rectangle No.27, Killa No.23, (0 Kanal-9 Marla)"
Rectangle 27: the block, one of the numbered squares the village was laid out in. Killa 23: the twenty-third field inside that block, out of twenty-five. (0 Kanal-9 Marla): the area of what is being described: nine marla, which is 2,450.25 square feet, and since a whole killa is 160 marla this is a small fraction of the field, not the field.
So the entry does not describe a killa. It describes nine marla of one, at a known address, and the three parts of the expression answer three different questions, where, which, and how much. Read in that order it is unambiguous; read as a single quantity it is meaningless, which is how a killa number ends up being mistaken for an acre of land.
One element of the notation resisted every search, and it is a common one.
Min. It appears constantly: "Killa No.18 Min", "killa no. 15 min", "19 min shark", and no document this series read defines it. Not a judgment, not a manual, not a rule. It is used as though everybody knows.
The pattern is clear even where the definition is missing, and it is checkable. Take every specimen located, convert its bracketed kanal-marla figure into square feet, and ask whether it comes to a whole killa.
| Document | The entry | Kanal–marla | Square feet | A whole killa? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamruddin v. Umar Khan, 29 Jan 2019 | Killa No.2 (8-0) |
8–0 | 43,560 | Yes, 8 kanal exactly |
| Kaniyha Singh v. Binnu Singh, 29 Nov 2024 | Killa No.97/11 (8-0) |
8–0 | 43,560 | Yes, 8 kanal exactly |
| Gram Panchayat Bhatola, 10 Jul 2020 | Killa No.18 Min (2-7) |
2–7 | 12,795.75 | No, part of one |
| Gram Panchayat Bhatola, 10 Jul 2020 | Killa No.18 Min (4-0) |
4–0 | 21,780 | No, part of one |
| Om Kanwar v. State of Haryana, 1 Nov 2019 | killa no.15 min (4-6) |
4–6 | 23,413.5 | No, part of one |
| Om Kanwar v. State of Haryana, 1 Nov 2019 | killa no.16 min (7-11) |
7–11 | 41,109.75 | No, part of one |
| Rajinder Pal Singh v. Amar Singh, 20 Jul 2016 | Killa No.19 min shark (1-15) |
1–15 | 9,528.75 | No, part of one |
| Rajinder Pal Singh v. Amar Singh, 20 Jul 2016 | Killa No.18/2 (4-0) |
4–0 | 21,780 | No, part of one |
Every entry marked min is less than eight kanal. The two entries that come to exactly (8-0) (43,560 square feet, a whole killa) carry no min at all. And the clearest case is the pair from Gram Panchayat Bhatola: killa 18 appears twice on the same page, once as 18 Min (2-7) and once as 18 Min (4-0), with different areas. One killa, two entries, two holders, neither of them the whole field.
So min marks a part of a killa. That reading is consistent with every specimen and it is what the direction words are doing beside it, you only need to say east if there is also a west.
But a pattern is not a definition, and this page will not print one. Nine specimens are nine specimens.
The obvious expansion is minjumla, and it is a real term with a real meaning: 509 documents use it, and Bakhatawar Khan v. Additional Commissioner (Allahabad High Court, 14 March 2019) defines it: "Minjumla Gata is an unpartitioned plot of land where several tenants have right". An unpartitioned plot held by several people is exactly what killa 18 looks like in the Bhatola judgment.
It still is not asserted here, for one reason: every one of those 509 documents is Uttar Pradesh usage. The term appears with gata and khasra numbers before Allahabad benches, and this series found no document connecting it to the Punjab min. Two revenue systems, two vocabularies, and a plausible bridge is not a sourced one.
What a reader should do with this. Treat min as "a part of this killa, and the bracket tells you how much of it". Do not treat it as telling you which part unless a direction word follows. And if the identity of the part matters (in a partition, a boundary dispute, a sale of a specific piece) the aks shajra or the field map is what settles it, not the abbreviation.
Three limits, because a notation that reads this cleanly invites more confidence than it earns.
It does not tell you the area. A killa is an acre, but killa number 23 is a field that may have been subdivided among heirs, encroached, or partly acquired for a road. The bracket is the area; the number is only the address. In the specimens above, six of the eight killa numbers name something smaller than a killa, and that proportion is not a quirk of the sample. A century of inheritance in a system with no primogeniture means most numbered fields in a Punjab jamabandi are now parts. If a document gives you a killa number and no bracket, it has not told you how much land you are buying.
It does not survive across villages. Rectangle 27, killa 23 exists in most consolidated villages in Punjab and Haryana, because every village was laid out with the same grid. The address is unique only within an estate, which is why a description without a village name and a hadbast number, the village's own serial in the district, is not a description at all. This is the single most common defect in a badly drafted agreement to sell: killa numbers, no village.
It does not tell you who holds it. That is the khewat and the khatauni, the ownership and cultivation entries, and a killa number appears in both. Kajal v. State of Haryana shows the two running together ("Khewat No.3482 min, Khatoni No.4011 min") beside the rectangle and killa numbers.
Note that min attaches to those numbers too. That is a further reason to read it as "part of" rather than as anything specific to fields: a khewat min is a share of an ownership holding, which is the same idea one level up. It also means a document can carry three or four min markers in a single line, each qualifying a different number, and they do not all refer to the same division.
| Killa | Kanal | Marla | Square feet | Acres | Hectares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.125 | 1 | 20 | 5,445 | 0.125 | 0.050586 |
| 0.25 | 2 | 40 | 10,890 | 0.25 | 0.101171 |
| 0.5 | 4 | 80 | 21,780 | 0.5 | 0.202343 |
| 1 | 8 | 160 | 43,560 | 1 | 0.404686 |
| 2 | 16 | 320 | 87,120 | 2 | 0.809371 |
| 5 | 40 | 800 | 217,800 | 5 | 2.023428 |
| 10 | 80 | 1,600 | 435,600 | 10 | 4.046856 |
| 25 | 200 | 4,000 | 1,089,000 | 25 | 10.117141 |
The table starts at an eighth of a killa because that is a kanal, and the kanal is the rung a Punjab record actually counts in. Eight kanal to the killa, twenty marla to the kanal, and 160 marla to the killa, every figure exact, in both directions.
The hectare column is the one to carry into a deed. A killa is 0.404685642 hectares, and Punjab and Haryana records now print a hectare figure beside the kanal-marla one; the definition belongs to the hectare, and why the reverse conversion does not terminate belongs to the metre.
The reader's actual task is usually not converting one killa but totalling several, and the brackets make that arithmetic straightforward once you know they are kanal and marla.
Take the two Bhatola entries: Killa No.18 Min (2-7) and Killa No.18 Min (4-0). Both are parts of killa 18.
Two things follow that are worth stating. The total is less than one killa, which is the check that the two entries are parts of the same field rather than two fields, 127 marla against the 160 a whole killa holds. And the addition never leaves whole numbers until the last step, because every unit in the chain is a whole-number multiple of the marla. The same rule for a kanal-marla-sarsahi entry is set out one rung down; the only difference here is that the killa sits on top.
If the entries you are adding come from different rectangles, they are different fields and the total is just a total. There is no upper bound to check it against. That is why the rectangle number matters even in arithmetic that seems to be about areas.
| In | One killa comes to | Does it stop? |
|---|---|---|
| Square yard | 4,840 | Yes |
| Square metre | 4,046.8564224 | Yes |
| Are | 40.468564224 | Yes |
| Guntha | 40 | Yes |
| Cent | 100 | Yes |
Every row terminates. A killa is 43,560 square feet, which factors as 2³ × 3² × 5 × 11², and every unit here is a whole-number divisor of it, the guntha at 1,089 and the cent at 435.6 both divide the acre cleanly, which is why so many Indian units convert into this one without a remainder. The Square Yard page works through why.
Reading 27//23 as a fraction. It is an address: rectangle 27, killa 23. A double slash separates the block from the field, and nothing in the expression is being divided.
Taking a killa number as an acre of land. Six of the eight specimens on this page name something smaller than a killa. The number identifies a field; the bracket gives its area; and after a century of partition most numbered fields are parts.
Quoting a killa number without a village. The address repeats in every consolidated estate. Rectangle 27, killa 23 without a village name and hadbast number identifies nothing, and an agreement to sell drafted that way describes no land.
Adding brackets in square feet. Convert each bracket to marla, add, and convert once. Adding in square feet means rounding at every entry, and a jamabandi extract can run to a dozen of them.
A fifth is worth a line because it belongs to another page. A killa is an acre in every layout this series has verified but one, an early square-plan murabba in which it was about eleven per cent larger, and the Acre page sets out where that variant appears and how to spot it.
How many square feet in a killa? 43,560. A killa is an acre exactly.
Is a killa the same as an acre? Yes, in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal and their neighbours. It is the word farmers use where an English document would say acre. The Acre page covers the one historical layout in which it was not.
What is a killa number? The identifier of a particular field inside a numbered rectangle, an address rather than a quantity. It is how land is described in a sale deed, a mutation and a decree.
How many killa in a murabba? Twenty-five. The rectangle is the block and the killas are the fields inside it; the Murabba page takes the block.
How many kanal in a killa?
Eight, and 160 marla. A record entry reading (8-0) is one whole killa.
What does "min" mean after a killa number? It marks a part of that killa rather than the whole. No document this series read defines the abbreviation, and the reading here is inferred from the pattern: every entry carrying it is under eight kanal, and the two whole-killa entries do not carry it.
What does 27//23 mean?
Rectangle 27, killa 23. The double slash separates the block from the field.
What are "shark" and "janub" doing in a land record? They are directions, east and south, used to say which part of a divided killa is meant.
Why do killa numbers sometimes change? Because consolidation renumbers. When an estate is consolidated the fields are redrawn and the addresses are reissued, and land that was rectangle 12 killa 7 before may be somewhere else afterwards. A 1960 judgment turns on the point that in that village the numbers did survive the change, which was worth deciding because often they do not.
Can two people hold the same killa number?
Yes, and it is common. The Bhatola judgment records killa 18 twice, as two Min entries with different areas, because two holders each have part of the field. The number is the field; the entries are the shares.
How do I total several killa entries? Convert each bracket to marla, twenty to the kanal, add them, and convert once at the end. See working out what a jamabandi entry adds up to.
What is a hadbast number? The village's own serial number within the district. A killa address is unique only inside one village, so a description without the village and its hadbast number does not identify land.
Is a killa number the same as a khasra number? They do the same job, identifying a field, but a killa number is a coordinate inside a numbered rectangle, and a khasra number is a survey number that carries no such geometry. Consolidated Punjab and Haryana villages use rectangle-and-killa; unconsolidated land and most other states use khasra.
How many decimal in a killa? 100, exactly, because both are defined against the acre. The same figure answers killa to cent and killa to dismil: all three are one hundredth of an acre, and the word changes with the state rather than the size.
How many gaj in a killa? 4,840. A square gaj is a square yard, and there are 4,840 square yards in an acre. This is the conversion a north Indian buyer needs when agricultural land described in killa is being sold as residential plots quoted in gaj.
How many bigha in a killa? It depends on the state, and the range is wide: 1.6 in the Uttar Pradesh and Bihar pucca belt, 2 in Punjab, 2.5 in Marwar and Gujarat, 5 in Himachal, and 6.4 where the five-biswa kachha bigha is used. The Killa to Bigha section below gives every definition this series has verified, with a table for each.
How many square metres in a killa? 4,046.8564224, exact to the last digit, because the international foot is defined as 0.3048 metres exactly. The conversion back does not terminate.
Where do I find the conversion I need? Every one of the other thirty-two units has its own section on this page, each with the same quantity ladder, 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1,000 killa. The Quick Conversion Formula table near the top lists all thirty-two factors on one screen, and the Quick Reference near the bottom gives the value of one killa in every unit.
Which states use the word? Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir in ordinary speech and in revenue records. It is not southern or eastern vocabulary, and Marathi killa is a different word meaning a fort.
| Statement | Source |
|---|---|
| 1 killa = 1 acre = 43,560 sq ft = 8 kanal = 160 marla | The Acre page and the Marla page |
| "Rectangle No.27, Killa No.23, (0 Kanal-9 Marla)" | P&H HC, Zile Singh, 20 January 2009, the bracket spelled out |
| "Rectangle No. 21 Killa No. 1/2 (2-12)" | P&H HC, Babu Ram v. Tehsildar Sales, 15 January 2010 |
| "Rectangle No.93 Killa No.25/1" | P&H HC, Kajal v. State of Haryana, 20 March 2020 |
| "Killa No.12/4/2(0 kanal-12 marla)" | P&H HC, Mahender Singh v. Rohtash, 13 January 2016 |
| "rectangle/killa No. 10//6" | P&H HC, Mahinder Singh v. Chief Canal Officer, 6 August 2024 |
| "Killa No.18 Min(2-7) … Min(4-0)" | P&H HC, Gram Panchayat Bhatola v. State, 10 July 2020 |
| "Killa No.18/2 (4-0), 19 min shark (1-15)" | P&H HC, Rajinder Pal Singh v. Amar Singh, 20 July 2016 |
| "killa No.7 Min … 13/2 Min Janub" | P&H HC, Balraj Singh v. Balbir Singh, 18 February 2009 |
| "Killa No.2 (8-0)" | P&H HC, Kamruddin v. Umar Khan, 29 January 2019 |
| "Killa No.97/11 (8-0)" | P&H HC, Kaniyha Singh v. Binnu Singh, 29 November 2024 |
| "Killa numbers continued to be the same" | P&H HC, Lachhman Singh v. Pritam Chand, 22 December 1960 |
| "Minjumla Gata is an unpartitioned plot of land where several tenants have right" | Allahabad HC, Bakhatawar Khan v. Addl. Commissioner, 14 March 2019 |
| The counts, 688, 1,188, 509, 235 | Indian Kanoon, September 2026; documents, not decisions |
min as it is used in a Punjab or Haryana killa entry. None, in any judgment, manual or rule reached. The reading on this page is inferred from nine specimens and is labelled as inference.min to the Uttar Pradesh minjumla. None; the 509 minjumla documents inspected are all UP usage.// notation. None; universal in the record, undocumented in what we reached.The area arithmetic is one stored value (the acre at 43,560 square feet), and every figure derives from it as a ratio of whole numbers, rounded once at printing.
The control this page needs is the specimen table. Each row carries a bracketed kanal-marla figure taken from a named judgment; the script converts it from the stored kanal and marla and decides for itself whether the entry is a whole killa, writing the verdict into the last column. The page's claim about min rests on that column: if a min entry ever came to exactly eight kanal, or a whole-killa entry carried the abbreviation, the build would fail and the inference would have to be withdrawn.
This is the field in the Punjab chain, and the area it names belongs to the Acre page, which is why the length here goes on the number instead. The block the killa sits in is taken by the murabba; the rungs below by the marla and the square karam; the rung the record counts in is the kanal. All are cited above and none restated.
Every factor is a killa's own size, 43,560 square feet, divided by the target unit's. To check any row by hand, take that number, divide, and compare.
Each one comes from a single anchor, the acre at 43,560 square feet, by exact fraction arithmetic. Where a factor recurs, the formula gives the fraction rather than a rounded decimal, because a rounded factor is a wrong instruction rather than an approximate one: the fraction is what has to be carried wherever the arithmetic must close.
| Conversion | Formula | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Killa to Acre | Killa × 1 | Exact |
| Killa to Ankanam | Killa × 605 | Exact · Ankanam is regional. This row is the Standard; also 1,210 |
| Killa to Ares | Killa × 40.468564224 | Exact |
| Killa to Bigha | Killa × 2 | Exact · Bigha is regional. This row is the Punjab / west Haryana; also 1.6, 4.8, 6.4 and 5 more |
| Killa to Biswa | Killa × 96 | Exact · Biswa is regional. This row is the Punjab / Haryana old records; also 32, 50, 100 |
| Killa to Biswa Kacha | Killa × 96 | Exact · Biswa Kacha is regional. This row is the Punjab / Haryana revenue; also 50 |
| Killa to Cent | Killa × 100 | Exact |
| Killa to Chatak | Killa × 968 | Exact |
| Killa to Decimal | Killa × 100 | Exact |
| Killa to Dhur | Killa × 640 | Exact · Dhur is regional. This row is the Bihar / Jharkhand (Patna chain); also 12,100 |
| Killa to Dismil | Killa × 100 | Exact |
| Killa to Gaj | Killa × 4,840 | Exact |
| Killa to Gajam | Killa × 4,840 | Exact |
| Killa to Ground | Killa × 18.15 | Exact |
| Killa to Guntha | Killa × 40 | Exact |
| Killa to Hectare | Killa × 0.40468564224 | Exact |
| Killa to Kanal | Killa × 8 | Exact · Kanal is regional. This row is the Standard (66-inch karam); also 9.68, 10.540038, 11.950617 |
| Killa to Katha | Killa × 32 | Exact · Katha is regional. This row is the Bihar state standard; also 60.5, 15.125, 25 and 2 more |
| Killa to Lessa | Killa × 302.5 | Exact |
| Killa to Marla | Killa × 160 | Exact · Marla is regional. This row is the Standard (66-inch karam); also 193.6, 210.800756, 239.012346 and 1 more |
| Killa to Murabba | Killa × 0.04 | Exact · Murabba is regional. This row is the Punjab canal colony; also 0.064 |
| Killa to Nali | Killa × 121/6 | Recurring |
| Killa to Perch | Killa × 160 | Exact |
| Killa to Pura | Killa × 0.75625 | Exact |
| Killa to Square Centimeter | Killa × 40,468,564.224 | Exact |
| Killa to Square Feet | Killa × 43,560 | Exact |
| Killa to Square Inch | Killa × 6,272,640 | Exact |
| Killa to Square Karam | Killa × 1,440 | Exact · Square Karam is regional. This row is the Standard (66-inch karam); also 1,742.4, 1,897.206805, 2,151.111111 |
| Killa to Square Kilometer | Killa × 0.0040468564224 | Exact |
| Killa to Square Meter | Killa × 4,046.8564224 | Exact |
| Killa to Square Mile | Killa × 0.0015625 | Exact |
| Killa to Square Yard | Killa × 4,840 | Exact |
1 killa = 2 bigha on the Punjab / west Haryana definition. The bigha has no single national value. It is also 1.6 (UP pucca / Bihar / Rajasthan pucca) · 4.8 (UP kachha (6⅔ biswa)) · 6.4 (UP kachha (5 biswa) / Uttarakhand hills) and 5 more per killa. Every definition this series has located is set out with the evidence behind it.
The two are rarely used in the same district, and where they are, the Punjab bigha is exactly half an acre, so two bigha make one killa. Elsewhere the bigha is a different size and the count changes; the table below gives every definition this series has verified.
Bigha = Killa × 2 (Punjab / west Haryana)
| Killa | Bigha (Punjab / west Haryana) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 10 |
| 10 | 20 |
| 20 | 40 |
| 50 | 100 |
| 100 | 200 |
| 200 | 400 |
| 500 | 1,000 |
| 1,000 | 2,000 |
| Bigha definition | Where it applies | 1 bigha in sq ft | Bigha per killa | Terminates? | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UP pucca / Bihar / Rajasthan pucca | Purvanchal, Awadh, Patna belt, east Rajasthan | 27,225 | 1.6 | Exact | sourced |
| UP kachha (6⅔ biswa) | West Uttar Pradesh | 9,075 | 4.8 | Exact | sourced |
| UP kachha (5 biswa) / Uttarakhand hills | West UP, Kumaon and Garhwal hills | 6,806.25 | 6.4 | Exact | sourced |
| Rajasthan kachha / Gujarat vigha / Uttarakhand Terai | Marwar, Gujarat, Terai | 17,424 | 2.5 | Exact | sourced |
| Madhya Pradesh | Madhya Pradesh | 12,000 | 3.63 | Exact | reported, not sourced |
| West Bengal / Assam / Jharkhand | West Bengal, Assam, Ranchi | 14,400 | 3.025 | Exact | sourced |
| Himachal Pradesh / Haryana Rohtak belt | Himachal Pradesh, Rohtak, Hisar | 8,712 | 5 | Exact | sourced |
| Punjab / west Haryana (the definition used here) | Punjab, kanal belt of Haryana | 21,780 | 2 | Exact | sourced |
| Haryana Ambala belt | Ambala, Gurugram, Faridabad, Karnal, Panipat | 8,100 | 5.377778 | Recurring | sourced |
Not every definition above rests on an instrument. 1 of the 9 are marked reported or no instrument located: in circulation and internally consistent, but this series could not find a rule, manual or judgment stating them. What was searched for each is recorded with that unit. Terminates? answers only whether the ratio has a finite decimal, not whether the figure behind it is verified.
To convert against one of the other definitions, multiply by its factor.
5 killa × 2 = 10 bigha
Killa = Bigha × 0.5 (Punjab / west Haryana)
Killa = Bigha × 0.625 (UP pucca / Bihar / Rajasthan pucca)
Killa = Bigha ÷ 4.8 (UP kachha (6⅔ biswa))
Killa = Bigha × 0.15625 (UP kachha (5 biswa) / Uttarakhand hills)
Killa = Bigha × 0.4 (Rajasthan kachha / Gujarat vigha / Uttarakhand Terai)
Killa = Bigha ÷ 3.63 (Madhya Pradesh)
Killa = Bigha ÷ 3.025 (West Bengal / Assam / Jharkhand)
Killa = Bigha × 0.2 (Himachal Pradesh / Haryana Rohtak belt)
Killa = Bigha × 45/242 (Haryana Ambala belt)
1 killa = 96 biswa on the Punjab / Haryana old records definition. The biswa has no single national value. It is also 32 (UP / Rajasthan pucca) · 50 (Rajasthan kachha) · 100 (Himachal Pradesh) per killa. Every definition this series has located is set out with the evidence behind it.
96 biswa to the killa on the Punjab and Haryana reading, where a biswa is 15 square karam. This is not the UP biswa: that one is 1,361.25 sq ft and gives 32 to the acre. Two units, one name, a threefold difference.
Biswa = Killa × 96 (Punjab / Haryana old records)
| Killa | Biswa (Punjab / Haryana old records) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 96 |
| 2 | 192 |
| 3 | 288 |
| 5 | 480 |
| 10 | 960 |
| 20 | 1,920 |
| 50 | 4,800 |
| 100 | 9,600 |
| 200 | 19,200 |
| 500 | 48,000 |
| 1,000 | 96,000 |
| Biswa definition | Where it applies | 1 biswa in sq ft | Biswa per killa | Terminates? | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UP / Rajasthan pucca | Uttar Pradesh, east Rajasthan | 1,361.25 | 32 | Exact | sourced |
| Rajasthan kachha | Marwar | 871.2 | 50 | Exact | no instrument located |
| Punjab / Haryana old records (the definition used here) | Punjab, Haryana | 453.75 | 96 | Exact | sourced |
| Himachal Pradesh | Himachal Pradesh | 435.6 | 100 | Exact | no instrument located |
Not every definition above rests on an instrument. 2 of the 4 are marked reported or no instrument located: in circulation and internally consistent, but this series could not find a rule, manual or judgment stating them. What was searched for each is recorded with that unit. Terminates? answers only whether the ratio has a finite decimal, not whether the figure behind it is verified.
| Killa | Biswa (1,361.25 sq ft) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 32 |
| 2 | 64 |
| 3 | 96 |
| 5 | 160 |
| 10 | 320 |
| 20 | 640 |
| 50 | 1,600 |
| 100 | 3,200 |
| 200 | 6,400 |
| 500 | 16,000 |
| 1,000 | 32,000 |
| Killa | Biswa (871.2 sq ft) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 50 |
| 2 | 100 |
| 3 | 150 |
| 5 | 250 |
| 10 | 500 |
| 20 | 1,000 |
| 50 | 2,500 |
| 100 | 5,000 |
| 200 | 10,000 |
| 500 | 25,000 |
| 1,000 | 50,000 |
| Killa | Biswa (435.6 sq ft) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 100 |
| 2 | 200 |
| 3 | 300 |
| 5 | 500 |
| 10 | 1,000 |
| 20 | 2,000 |
| 50 | 5,000 |
| 100 | 10,000 |
| 200 | 20,000 |
| 500 | 50,000 |
| 1,000 | 100,000 |
5 killa × 96 = 480 biswa
Killa = Biswa ÷ 96 (Punjab / Haryana old records)
Killa = Biswa × 0.03125 (UP / Rajasthan pucca)
Killa = Biswa × 0.02 (Rajasthan kachha)
Killa = Biswa × 0.01 (Himachal Pradesh)
1 killa = 4,840 gaj, exact. A gaj is the square yard, 9 sq ft.
4,840 gaj to the killa, since a square gaj is a square yard and a killa is an acre. This is the conversion a north Indian plot buyer needs most often, because agricultural land is described in killa and residential land in gaj, the same person frequently deals in both within one district.
Gaj = Killa × 4,840
| Killa | Gaj |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4,840 |
| 2 | 9,680 |
| 3 | 14,520 |
| 5 | 24,200 |
| 10 | 48,400 |
| 20 | 96,800 |
| 50 | 242,000 |
| 100 | 484,000 |
| 200 | 968,000 |
| 500 | 2,420,000 |
| 1,000 | 4,840,000 |
5 killa × 4,840 = 24,200 gaj
Killa = Gaj ÷ 4,840
1 killa = 0.40468564224 hectares, exact. A hectare is 10,000 m² exactly.
2.4710538146716534… killa to the hectare, recurring. Punjab and Haryana land-ceiling and acquisition law is written in hectares while the jamabandi stays in kanal and marla, so both figures describe the same parcel in one file.
The ratio is the fraction 158,080,329/390,625,000, or 0.40468564224 exactly.
Hectare = Killa × 0.40468564224
| Killa | Hectare |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.40468564224 |
| 2 | 0.80937128448 |
| 3 | 1.21405692672 |
| 5 | 2.0234282112 |
| 10 | 4.0468564224 |
| 20 | 8.0937128448 |
| 50 | 20.234282112 |
| 100 | 40.468564224 |
| 200 | 80.937128448 |
| 500 | 202.34282112 |
| 1,000 | 404.68564224 |
5 killa × 0.40468564224 = 2.0234282112 hectares
Killa = Hectare ÷ 0.40468564224
1 killa = 8 kanal on the Standard (66-inch karam) definition. The kanal has no single national value. It is also 9.68 (Majha belt (60-inch karam)) · 10.540038 (Doaba belt (57.5-inch karam)) · 11.950617 (Kapurthala belt (54-inch karam)) per killa. Every definition this series has located is set out with the evidence behind it.
Eight kanal to the killa on the standard 66-inch karam. This is the step the record actually uses: a jamabandi does not say 'half a killa', it says four kanal. In the Majha, Doaba and Kapurthala belts the kanal is smaller and the count rises.
Kanal = Killa × 8 (Standard (66-inch karam))
| Killa | Kanal (Standard (66-inch karam)) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 24 |
| 5 | 40 |
| 10 | 80 |
| 20 | 160 |
| 50 | 400 |
| 100 | 800 |
| 200 | 1,600 |
| 500 | 4,000 |
| 1,000 | 8,000 |
| Kanal definition | Where it applies | 1 kanal in sq ft | Kanal per killa | Terminates? | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (66-inch karam) (the definition used here) | Most of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, J&K | 5,445 | 8 | Exact | sourced |
| Majha belt (60-inch karam) | Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Tarn Taran | 4,500 | 9.68 | Exact | reported, not sourced |
| Doaba belt (57.5-inch karam) | Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur, and Kangra in Himachal | 4,132.8125 | 10.540038 | Recurring | reported, not sourced |
| Kapurthala belt (54-inch karam) | Parts of Kapurthala | 3,645 | 11.950617 | Recurring | reported, not sourced |
Not every definition above rests on an instrument. 3 of the 4 are marked reported or no instrument located: in circulation and internally consistent, but this series could not find a rule, manual or judgment stating them. What was searched for each is recorded with that unit. Terminates? answers only whether the ratio has a finite decimal, not whether the figure behind it is verified.
| Killa | Kanal (4,500 sq ft) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9.68 |
| 2 | 19.36 |
| 3 | 29.04 |
| 5 | 48.4 |
| 10 | 96.8 |
| 20 | 193.6 |
| 50 | 484 |
| 100 | 968 |
| 200 | 1,936 |
| 500 | 4,840 |
| 1,000 | 9,680 |
| Killa | Kanal (4,132.8125 sq ft) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10.540038 |
| 2 | 21.080076 |
| 3 | 31.620113 |
| 5 | 52.700189 |
| 10 | 105.400378 |
| 20 | 210.800756 |
| 50 | 527.00189 |
| 100 | 1,054.003781 |
| 200 | 2,108.007561 |
| 500 | 5,270.018904 |
| 1,000 | 10,540.037807 |
| Killa | Kanal (3,645 sq ft) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11.950617 |
| 2 | 23.901235 |
| 3 | 35.851852 |
| 5 | 59.753086 |
| 10 | 119.506173 |
| 20 | 239.012346 |
| 50 | 597.530864 |
| 100 | 1,195.061728 |
| 200 | 2,390.123457 |
| 500 | 5,975.308642 |
| 1,000 | 11,950.617284 |
5 killa × 8 = 40 kanal
Killa = Kanal × 0.125 (Standard (66-inch karam))
Killa = Kanal ÷ 9.68 (Majha belt (60-inch karam))
Killa = Kanal × 13,225/139,392 (Doaba belt (57.5-inch karam))
Killa = Kanal × 81/968 (Kapurthala belt (54-inch karam))
1 killa = 160 marla on the Standard (66-inch karam) definition. The marla has no single national value. It is also 193.6 (Majha belt (60-inch karam)) · 210.800756 (Doaba belt (57.5-inch karam)) · 239.012346 (Kapurthala belt (54-inch karam)) and 1 more per killa. Every definition this series has located is set out with the evidence behind it.
160 marla to the killa on the standard karam. A jamabandi bracket reading (8-0) is eight kanal, a whole killa; anything less is a part of one.
Marla = Killa × 160 (Standard (66-inch karam))
| Killa | Marla (Standard (66-inch karam)) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 160 |
| 2 | 320 |
| 3 | 480 |
| 5 | 800 |
| 10 | 1,600 |
| 20 | 3,200 |
| 50 | 8,000 |
| 100 | 16,000 |
| 200 | 32,000 |
| 500 | 80,000 |
| 1,000 | 160,000 |
| Marla definition | Where it applies | 1 marla in sq ft | Marla per killa | Terminates? | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (66-inch karam) (the definition used here) | Most of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, J&K | 272.25 | 160 | Exact | sourced |
| Majha belt (60-inch karam) | Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Tarn Taran | 225 | 193.6 | Exact | reported, not sourced |
| Doaba belt (57.5-inch karam) | Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur, and Kangra in Himachal | 206.640625 | 210.800756 | Recurring | reported, not sourced |
| Kapurthala belt (54-inch karam) | Parts of Kapurthala | 182.25 | 239.012346 | Recurring | reported, not sourced |
| HSVP urban estate | Haryana urban estates | 225 | 193.6 | Exact | sourced |
Not every definition above rests on an instrument. 3 of the 5 are marked reported or no instrument located: in circulation and internally consistent, but this series could not find a rule, manual or judgment stating them. What was searched for each is recorded with that unit. Terminates? answers only whether the ratio has a finite decimal, not whether the figure behind it is verified.
To convert against one of the other definitions, multiply by its factor.
5 killa × 160 = 800 marla
Killa = Marla × 0.00625 (Standard (66-inch karam))
Killa = Marla ÷ 193.6 (Majha belt (60-inch karam))
Killa = Marla × 2,645/557,568 (Doaba belt (57.5-inch karam))
Killa = Marla × 81/19,360 (Kapurthala belt (54-inch karam))
Killa = Marla ÷ 193.6 (HSVP urban estate)
1 killa = 0.04 murabba on the Punjab canal colony definition. The murabba has no single national value. It is also 0.064 (Rajasthan (Indira Gandhi Canal)) per killa. Every definition this series has located is set out with the evidence behind it.
Twenty-five killa make one murabba. The murabba is the rectangle the canal colonies were surveyed into and the killa is the numbered field inside it, which is why a Punjab land description gives a rectangle number before a killa number.
Murabba = Killa × 0.04 (Punjab canal colony)
| Killa | Murabba (Punjab canal colony) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.04 |
| 2 | 0.08 |
| 3 | 0.12 |
| 5 | 0.2 |
| 10 | 0.4 |
| 20 | 0.8 |
| 50 | 2 |
| 100 | 4 |
| 200 | 8 |
| 500 | 20 |
| 1,000 | 40 |
| Murabba definition | Where it applies | 1 murabba in sq ft | Murabba per killa | Terminates? | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punjab canal colony (the definition used here) | Punjab, Haryana canal colonies | 1,089,000 | 0.04 | Exact | reported, not sourced |
| Rajasthan (Indira Gandhi Canal) | Sri Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Bikaner, Jaisalmer | 680,625 | 0.064 | Exact | sourced |
Not every definition above rests on an instrument. 1 of the 2 are marked reported or no instrument located: in circulation and internally consistent, but this series could not find a rule, manual or judgment stating them. What was searched for each is recorded with that unit. Terminates? answers only whether the ratio has a finite decimal, not whether the figure behind it is verified.
| Killa | Murabba (680,625 sq ft) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.064 |
| 2 | 0.128 |
| 3 | 0.192 |
| 5 | 0.32 |
| 10 | 0.64 |
| 20 | 1.28 |
| 50 | 3.2 |
| 100 | 6.4 |
| 200 | 12.8 |
| 500 | 32 |
| 1,000 | 64 |
5 killa × 0.04 = 0.2 murabba
Killa = Murabba × 25 (Punjab canal colony)
Killa = Murabba × 15.625 (Rajasthan (Indira Gandhi Canal))
1 killa = 43,560 square feet, exact. A square foot is the base of this series.
43,560 square feet to the killa, because a killa is an acre. This is the figure a Punjab or Haryana buyer needs when agricultural land described in killa is being sold as plots priced per square foot.
Square Feet = Killa × 43,560
| Killa | Square Feet |
|---|---|
| 1 | 43,560 |
| 2 | 87,120 |
| 3 | 130,680 |
| 5 | 217,800 |
| 10 | 435,600 |
| 20 | 871,200 |
| 50 | 2,178,000 |
| 100 | 4,356,000 |
| 200 | 8,712,000 |
| 500 | 21,780,000 |
| 1,000 | 43,560,000 |
5 killa × 43,560 = 217,800 square feet
Killa = Square Feet ÷ 43,560
1 killa = 1,440 square karam on the Standard (66-inch karam) definition. The square karam has no single national value. It is also 1,742.4 (Majha belt (60-inch karam)) · 1,897.206805 (Doaba belt (57.5-inch karam)) · 2,151.111111 (Kapurthala belt (54-inch karam)) per killa. Every definition this series has located is set out with the evidence behind it.
1,440 square karam (1,440 sarsahi) to the killa on the standard 66-inch karam. The sarsahi is the finest unit the Punjab record measures in, so this is the largest whole-number chain in the system: sarsahi to marla to kanal to killa, with no fractions anywhere.
Square Karam = Killa × 1,440 (Standard (66-inch karam))
| Killa | Square Karam (Standard (66-inch karam)) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1,440 |
| 2 | 2,880 |
| 3 | 4,320 |
| 5 | 7,200 |
| 10 | 14,400 |
| 20 | 28,800 |
| 50 | 72,000 |
| 100 | 144,000 |
| 200 | 288,000 |
| 500 | 720,000 |
| 1,000 | 1,440,000 |
| Square Karam definition | Where it applies | 1 square karam in sq ft | Square Karam per killa | Terminates? | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (66-inch karam) (the definition used here) | Most of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, J&K | 30.25 | 1,440 | Exact | sourced |
| Majha belt (60-inch karam) | Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Tarn Taran | 25 | 1,742.4 | Exact | reported, not sourced |
| Doaba belt (57.5-inch karam) | Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur, and Kangra in Himachal | 22.960069 | 1,897.206805 | Recurring | reported, not sourced |
| Kapurthala belt (54-inch karam) | Parts of Kapurthala | 20.25 | 2,151.111111 | Recurring | reported, not sourced |
Not every definition above rests on an instrument. 3 of the 4 are marked reported or no instrument located: in circulation and internally consistent, but this series could not find a rule, manual or judgment stating them. What was searched for each is recorded with that unit. Terminates? answers only whether the ratio has a finite decimal, not whether the figure behind it is verified.
| Killa | Square Karam (25 sq ft) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1,742.4 |
| 2 | 3,484.8 |
| 3 | 5,227.2 |
| 5 | 8,712 |
| 10 | 17,424 |
| 20 | 34,848 |
| 50 | 87,120 |
| 100 | 174,240 |
| 200 | 348,480 |
| 500 | 871,200 |
| 1,000 | 1,742,400 |
| Killa | Square Karam (22.960069 sq ft) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1,897.206805 |
| 2 | 3,794.413611 |
| 3 | 5,691.620416 |
| 5 | 9,486.034026 |
| 10 | 18,972.068053 |
| 20 | 37,944.136106 |
| 50 | 94,860.340265 |
| 100 | 189,720.680529 |
| 200 | 379,441.361059 |
| 500 | 948,603.402647 |
| 1,000 | 1,897,206.805293 |
| Killa | Square Karam (20.25 sq ft) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 2,151.111111 |
| 2 | 4,302.222222 |
| 3 | 6,453.333333 |
| 5 | 10,755.555556 |
| 10 | 21,511.111111 |
| 20 | 43,022.222222 |
| 50 | 107,555.555556 |
| 100 | 215,111.111111 |
| 200 | 430,222.222222 |
| 500 | 1,075,555.555556 |
| 1,000 | 2,151,111.111111 |
5 killa × 1,440 = 7,200 square karam
Killa = Square Karam ÷ 1,440 (Standard (66-inch karam))
Killa = Square Karam ÷ 1,742.4 (Majha belt (60-inch karam))
Killa = Square Karam × 2,645/5,018,112 (Doaba belt (57.5-inch karam))
Killa = Square Karam × 9/19,360 (Kapurthala belt (54-inch karam))
1 killa = 4,046.8564224 square metres, exact. A square metre is the SI unit of area.
4,046.8564224 square metres to the killa, exact to the last digit. Punjab and Haryana records now print a metric figure beside the kanal-marla one, and this is the number it is derived from. The reverse does not terminate.
The ratio is the fraction 316,160,658/78,125, or 4,046.8564224 exactly.
Square Meter = Killa × 4,046.8564224
| Killa | Square Meter |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4,046.8564224 |
| 2 | 8,093.7128448 |
| 3 | 12,140.5692672 |
| 5 | 20,234.282112 |
| 10 | 40,468.564224 |
| 20 | 80,937.128448 |
| 50 | 202,342.82112 |
| 100 | 404,685.64224 |
| 200 | 809,371.28448 |
| 500 | 2,023,428.2112 |
| 1,000 | 4,046,856.4224 |
5 killa × 4,046.8564224 = 20,234.282112 square metres
Killa = Square Meter ÷ 4,046.8564224
Exactness of the method is not exactness of the result: where a ratio does not terminate, the table says so and the formula gives the fraction.
1 killa = 96 biswa kacha on the Punjab / Haryana revenue definition; 50 on the Rajasthan kachha reading definition. Biswa Kacha = Killa × 96 (Punjab / Haryana revenue) · reverse Killa = Biswa Kacha ÷ 96
453.75 square feet either way, so the Killa to Biswa figures apply unchanged. What differs between the two is the record each word belongs to, not the size.
Biswa Kacha, Rajasthan kachha reading (871.2 sq ft):
871.2 square feet either way, so the Killa to Biswa, Rajasthan kachha figures apply unchanged. What differs between the two is the record each word belongs to, not the size.
1 killa = 605 ankanam on the Standard definition; 1,210 on the Tirupati definition. Ankanam = Killa × 605 (Standard) · reverse Killa = Ankanam ÷ 605
| Killa | Ankanam (Standard) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 605 |
| 2 | 1,210 |
| 3 | 1,815 |
| 5 | 3,025 |
| 10 | 6,050 |
| 20 | 12,100 |
| 50 | 30,250 |
| 100 | 60,500 |
| 200 | 121,000 |
| 500 | 302,500 |
| 1,000 | 605,000 |
Every definition as a factor. Multiply killa by the figure shown.
| Ankanam definition | Where | Ankanam per killa |
|---|---|---|
| Standard (the definition used here) | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, parts of Karnataka | 605 |
| Tirupati | Tirupati and parts of Chittoor | 1,210 |
1 killa = 640 dhur on the Bihar / Jharkhand (Patna chain) definition; 12,100 on the Tripura definition. Dhur = Killa × 640 (Bihar / Jharkhand (Patna chain)) · reverse Killa = Dhur × 0.0015625
| Killa | Dhur (Bihar / Jharkhand (Patna chain)) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 640 |
| 2 | 1,280 |
| 3 | 1,920 |
| 5 | 3,200 |
| 10 | 6,400 |
| 20 | 12,800 |
| 50 | 32,000 |
| 100 | 64,000 |
| 200 | 128,000 |
| 500 | 320,000 |
| 1,000 | 640,000 |
Every definition as a factor. Multiply killa by the figure shown.
| Dhur definition | Where | Dhur per killa |
|---|---|---|
| Bihar / Jharkhand (Patna chain) (the definition used here); reported, not sourced | Patna belt, and Jharkhand districts counting in the Patna katha | 640 |
| Tripura | Tripura | 12,100 |
1 killa = 32 katha on the Bihar state standard definition; 60.5 on the West Bengal / Jharkhand definition · 15.125 on the Assam definition · 25 on the Bihar (Chhapra) definition · 22.911243 on the Bihar (Hajipur) definition · 13.333333 on the Bihar (Bettiah) definition. Katha = Killa × 32 (Bihar state standard) · reverse Killa = Katha × 0.03125
1,361.25 square feet either way, so the Killa to Biswa, UP / Rajasthan pucca figures apply unchanged. What differs between the two is the record each word belongs to, not the size.
Every definition as a factor. Multiply killa by the figure shown.
| Katha definition | Where | Katha per killa |
|---|---|---|
| Bihar state standard (the definition used here) | Patna, Arrah | 32 |
| West Bengal / Jharkhand | Rural West Bengal, Ranchi | 60.5 |
| Assam | Assam (except Barak Valley) | 15.125 |
| Bihar (Chhapra) | Saran | 25 |
| Bihar (Hajipur) | Vaishali | 22.911243 |
| Bihar (Bettiah) | West Champaran | 13.333333 |
1 killa = 40.468564224 ares (exact). Ares = Killa × 40.468564224 · reverse Killa = Ares ÷ 40.468564224
| Killa | Ares |
|---|---|
| 1 | 40.468564224 |
| 2 | 80.937128448 |
| 3 | 121.405692672 |
| 5 | 202.34282112 |
| 10 | 404.68564224 |
| 20 | 809.37128448 |
| 50 | 2,023.4282112 |
| 100 | 4,046.8564224 |
| 200 | 8,093.7128448 |
| 500 | 20,234.282112 |
| 1,000 | 40,468.564224 |
1 killa = 100 cent (exact). Cent = Killa × 100 · reverse Killa = Cent × 0.01
435.6 square feet either way, so the Killa to Biswa, Himachal Pradesh figures apply unchanged. What differs between the two is the record each word belongs to, not the size.
1 killa = 968 chatak (exact). Chatak = Killa × 968 · reverse Killa = Chatak ÷ 968
| Killa | Chatak |
|---|---|
| 1 | 968 |
| 2 | 1,936 |
| 3 | 2,904 |
| 5 | 4,840 |
| 10 | 9,680 |
| 20 | 19,360 |
| 50 | 48,400 |
| 100 | 96,800 |
| 200 | 193,600 |
| 500 | 484,000 |
| 1,000 | 968,000 |
1 killa = 18.15 ground (exact). Ground = Killa × 18.15 · reverse Killa = Ground ÷ 18.15
| Killa | Ground |
|---|---|
| 1 | 18.15 |
| 2 | 36.3 |
| 3 | 54.45 |
| 5 | 90.75 |
| 10 | 181.5 |
| 20 | 363 |
| 50 | 907.5 |
| 100 | 1,815 |
| 200 | 3,630 |
| 500 | 9,075 |
| 1,000 | 18,150 |
1 killa = 40 guntha (exact). Guntha = Killa × 40 · reverse Killa = Guntha × 0.025
| Killa | Guntha |
|---|---|
| 1 | 40 |
| 2 | 80 |
| 3 | 120 |
| 5 | 200 |
| 10 | 400 |
| 20 | 800 |
| 50 | 2,000 |
| 100 | 4,000 |
| 200 | 8,000 |
| 500 | 20,000 |
| 1,000 | 40,000 |
1 killa = 302.5 lessa (exact). Lessa = Killa × 302.5 · reverse Killa = Lessa ÷ 302.5
| Killa | Lessa |
|---|---|
| 1 | 302.5 |
| 2 | 605 |
| 3 | 907.5 |
| 5 | 1,512.5 |
| 10 | 3,025 |
| 20 | 6,050 |
| 50 | 15,125 |
| 100 | 30,250 |
| 200 | 60,500 |
| 500 | 151,250 |
| 1,000 | 302,500 |
1 killa = 20.166667 nali (recurring). Nali = Killa × 121/6 · reverse Killa = Nali × 6/121
| Killa | Nali |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20.166667 |
| 2 | 40.333333 |
| 3 | 60.5 |
| 5 | 100.833333 |
| 10 | 201.666667 |
| 20 | 403.333333 |
| 50 | 1,008.333333 |
| 100 | 2,016.666667 |
| 200 | 4,033.333333 |
| 500 | 10,083.333333 |
| 1,000 | 20,166.666667 |
1 killa = 0.75625 pura (exact). Pura = Killa × 0.75625 · reverse Killa = Pura ÷ 0.75625
| Killa | Pura |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.75625 |
| 2 | 1.5125 |
| 3 | 2.26875 |
| 5 | 3.78125 |
| 10 | 7.5625 |
| 20 | 15.125 |
| 50 | 37.8125 |
| 100 | 75.625 |
| 200 | 151.25 |
| 500 | 378.125 |
| 1,000 | 756.25 |
1 killa = 40,468,564.224 square centimeter (exact). Square Centimeter = Killa × 40,468,564.224 · reverse Killa = Square Centimeter ÷ 40,468,564.224
| Killa | Square Centimeter |
|---|---|
| 1 | 40,468,564.224 |
| 2 | 80,937,128.448 |
| 3 | 121,405,692.672 |
| 5 | 202,342,821.12 |
| 10 | 404,685,642.24 |
| 20 | 809,371,284.48 |
| 50 | 2,023,428,211.2 |
| 100 | 4,046,856,422.4 |
| 200 | 8,093,712,844.8 |
| 500 | 20,234,282,112 |
| 1,000 | 40,468,564,224 |
1 killa = 6,272,640 square inch (exact). Square Inch = Killa × 6,272,640 · reverse Killa = Square Inch ÷ 6,272,640
| Killa | Square Inch |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6,272,640 |
| 2 | 12,545,280 |
| 3 | 18,817,920 |
| 5 | 31,363,200 |
| 10 | 62,726,400 |
| 20 | 125,452,800 |
| 50 | 313,632,000 |
| 100 | 627,264,000 |
| 200 | 1,254,528,000 |
| 500 | 3,136,320,000 |
| 1,000 | 6,272,640,000 |
1 killa = 0.0040468564224 square kilometer (exact). Square Kilometer = Killa × 0.0040468564224 · reverse Killa = Square Kilometer ÷ 0.0040468564224
| Killa | Square Kilometer |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.0040468564224 |
| 2 | 0.0080937128448 |
| 3 | 0.0121405692672 |
| 5 | 0.020234282112 |
| 10 | 0.040468564224 |
| 20 | 0.080937128448 |
| 50 | 0.20234282112 |
| 100 | 0.40468564224 |
| 200 | 0.80937128448 |
| 500 | 2.0234282112 |
| 1,000 | 4.0468564224 |
1 killa = 0.0015625 square mile (exact). Square Mile = Killa × 0.0015625 · reverse Killa = Square Mile × 640
| Killa | Square Mile |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.0015625 |
| 2 | 0.003125 |
| 3 | 0.0046875 |
| 5 | 0.0078125 |
| 10 | 0.015625 |
| 20 | 0.03125 |
| 50 | 0.078125 |
| 100 | 0.15625 |
| 200 | 0.3125 |
| 500 | 0.78125 |
| 1,000 | 1.5625 |
Six of the thirty-two units are two names for one area with another, so their figures are identical to the last digit.
1 killa = 1 acre. They are one area of 43,560 square feet under two words, so there is no arithmetic to do: any quantity of one is the same quantity of the other. Acre = Killa · Killa = Acre
What separates them is which record, and which part of the country, uses the word.
1 killa = 100 decimal. A decimal and a cent are the same area, 435.6 square feet, so any Killa figure converts to the same number of either. Decimal = Killa × 100 · reverse Killa = Decimal × 0.01
1 killa = 100 dismil. A dismil and a cent are the same area, 435.6 square feet, so any Killa figure converts to the same number of either. Dismil = Killa × 100 · reverse Killa = Dismil × 0.01
1 killa = 4,840 gajam. A gajam and a gaj are the same area, 9 square feet, so any Killa figure converts to the same number of either. Gajam = Killa × 4,840 · reverse Killa = Gajam ÷ 4,840
1 killa = 160 perches. A perch and a marla are the same area, 272.25 square feet, so any Killa figure converts to the same number of either. Perch = Killa × 160 · reverse Killa = Perch × 0.00625
1 killa = 4,840 square yards. A square yard and a gaj are the same area, 9 square feet, so any Killa figure converts to the same number of either. Square Yard = Killa × 4,840 · reverse Killa = Square Yard ÷ 4,840
| Conversion | 1 Killa | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Acre | 1 | Exact; the same area as a killa, 43,560 sq ft, under another name |
| Ankanam | 605 (Standard) | Region-specific; also 1,210 (Tirupati) |
| Ares | 40.468564224 | Exact; 100 m², the metric are |
| Bigha | 2 (Punjab / west Haryana) | Region-specific; also 1.6 (UP pucca / Bihar / Rajasthan pucca) · 4.8 (UP kachha (6⅔ biswa)) · 6.4 (UP kachha (5 biswa) / Uttarakhand hills) |
| Biswa | 96 (Punjab / Haryana old records) | Region-specific; also 32 (UP / Rajasthan pucca) · 50 (Rajasthan kachha) · 100 (Himachal Pradesh) |
| Biswa Kacha | 96 (Punjab / Haryana revenue definition) | Region-specific; also 50 (Rajasthan kachha reading) |
| Cent | 100 | Exact; One hundredth of an acre, exactly |
| Chatak | 968 | Exact; 5 sq yd exactly; 16 to the cottah, 968 to the acre. Reported, not stated by any instrument located |
| Decimal | 100 | Exact; One hundredth of an acre, exactly |
| Dhur | 640 (Bihar / Jharkhand (Patna chain)) | Region-specific; also 12,100 (Tripura) |
| Dismil | 100 | Exact; The decimal under another name |
| Gaj | 4,840 | Exact; The square yard, 9 sq ft |
| Gajam | 4,840 | Exact; The square yard in Telugu, 9 sq ft |
| Ground | 18.15 | Exact; Tamil Nadu Urban Land Tax Act 1966, s.2(8-A): "an area comprising two hundred and twenty three square metres (two thousand and four hundred square feet)" |
| Guntha | 40 | Exact; 121 sq yd; 40 guntha = 1 acre exactly |
| Hectare | 0.40468564224 | Exact; 10,000 m² exactly |
| Kanal | 8 (Standard (66-inch karam)) | Region-specific; also 9.68 (Majha belt (60-inch karam)) · 10.540038 (Doaba belt (57.5-inch karam)) · 11.950617 (Kapurthala belt (54-inch karam)) |
| Katha | 32 (Bihar state standard) | Region-specific; also 60.5 (West Bengal / Jharkhand) · 15.125 (Assam) · 25 (Bihar (Chhapra)) |
| Lessa | 302.5 | Exact; The 12-foot mauzadari jar squared (Assam Land Records Manual r.117); 20 to a katha, 100 to a bigha |
| Marla | 160 (Standard (66-inch karam)) | Region-specific; also 193.6 (Majha belt (60-inch karam)) · 210.800756 (Doaba belt (57.5-inch karam)) · 239.012346 (Kapurthala belt (54-inch karam)) |
| Murabba | 0.04 (Punjab canal colony) | Region-specific; also 0.064 (Rajasthan (Indira Gandhi Canal)) |
| Nali | 20.166667 | Recurring; 240 sq yd; 16 mutthi of 135 sq ft. No instrument located states the figure |
| Perch | 160 | Exact; 30.25 sq yd; 160 perches = 1 acre |
| Pura | 0.75625 | Exact; 4 Assam bigha of 14,400 sq ft. The 4:1 ratio is SOURCED -- the Supreme Court states it in 1961 and 1971 and the Gauhati High Court in 1986, 2023, 2024 and 2026 -- but no instrument, judgment or manual states the square-foot figure, which is derived from the Assam bigha |
| Square Centimeter | 40,468,564.224 | Exact; One ten-thousandth of a square metre |
| Square Feet | 43,560 | Exact; The base of this series |
| Square Inch | 6,272,640 | Exact; One 144th of a square foot |
| Square Karam | 1,440 (Standard (66-inch karam)) | Region-specific; also 1,742.4 (Majha belt (60-inch karam)) · 1,897.206805 (Doaba belt (57.5-inch karam)) · 2,151.111111 (Kapurthala belt (54-inch karam)) |
| Square Kilometer | 0.0040468564224 | Exact; 1,000,000 m² |
| Square Meter | 4,046.8564224 | Exact; The SI unit of area |
| Square Mile | 0.0015625 | Exact; Standards of Weights and Measures Act 1976, Schedule (see s.79): "1 square mile = 2 589 988.110 336 square metres"; 640 acres exactly |
| Square Yard | 4,840 | Exact; 9 sq ft exactly |
The tables above are arithmetic, and for a killa the arithmetic is the easy half. What decides whether the figure you started with is the right one to convert at all is An Address, Not an Area.
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