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Acre to Bigha Converter (State-wise)

How many bigha in an acre, state by state: about 3 in West Bengal and Assam, 1.6 for a pucca bigha, 4.8 in Haryana, 5 in Himachal Pradesh.

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Quick answer

1 acre = 43,560 sq ft, so the number of bigha depends on your state’s bigha: about 3.03 bigha in West Bengal and Assam, 1.6 pucca bigha in UP, Bihar and Rajasthan, 4.8 bigha in Haryana’s old records, 2 bigha in Punjab and 5 bigha in Himachal Pradesh.

Bigha, katha and biswa change size by state.

Result
3.025 bigha
In square feet
43,560 sq ft
In square metres
4,046.86 sq m

West Bengal: West Bengal: 1 bigha = 20 katha = 14,400 sq ft, 1 katha = 16 chhatak = 720 sq ft, 1 chhatak = 45 sq ft. Banglarbhumi records use the decimal (1/100 acre = 435.6 sq ft). The most widely used figure; it can differ by district. Source: Bigha: West Bengal 14,400 sq ft, katha 720 sq ft (Wikipedia).

1 acre in every unit (16 rows)
UnitValue
Bigha (20 katha)3.025
Katha (16 chhatak)60.5
Chhatak968
Square feet (sq ft)43,560
Square metres (sq m)4,046.86
Gaj / square yards (sq yd)4,840
Acre1
Hectare0.404686
Cent / decimal (1/100 acre)100
Are (100 sq m)40.4686
Guntha / gunta (1/40 acre)40
Kanal (Punjab, Haryana, HP, J&K)8
Marla (1/20 kanal)160
Ground (Tamil Nadu)18.15
Ankanam (AP, Telangana)605
Square kilometres0.00404686

Bigha in one acre and one hectare, by state

StateBigha in 1 acreBigha in 1 hectareConfidence
Uttar Pradesh1.63.95369Widely used, varies
Bihar1.63.95369Widely used, varies
Jharkhand1.63.95369Varies a lot
Rajasthan1.63.95369Widely used, varies
Punjab24.94211Widely used, varies
Haryana4.811.8611Official
Himachal Pradesh512.3553Varies a lot
Uttarakhand6.415.8147Varies a lot
Madhya Pradesh3.638.96993Varies a lot
West Bengal3.0257.47494Widely used, varies
Assam3.0257.47494Widely used, varies

How the conversion works

Bigha = acres × 43,560 ÷ (bigha size in sq ft). Choose your state in the converter: the bigha, and its sub-units such as biswa or katha, change with it.

Land records are kept in standard units, so converting an acre figure from a khatauni, jamabandi or 7/12 extract into bigha is usually the direction people need for a local conversation, and the standard figure the one to keep for any document.

For any other pair, use the full land area converter.

Frequently asked questions

How many bigha are in 1 acre?

About 3.03 in West Bengal and Assam, 1.6 for a 27,225 sq ft pucca bigha (UP, Bihar, Rajasthan), 4.8 in Haryana’s old records, 2 for Punjab’s 4-kanal bigha and 5 in Himachal Pradesh.

Why do bigha sizes differ so much?

The bigha is a pre-colonial unit that each region standardised separately, often as a square of so many local paces or chains. Revenue settlements fixed it differently in different provinces, and those differences survive in today’s states and districts.

Which is bigger, a bigha or an acre?

An acre, in every state: even the largest common bigha, the 27,225 sq ft pucca bigha, is 0.625 acre.

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