Land Measurement Units

There are various units we come across when a land is measured. Mostly it is based on regions and the old customs in those areas.

1. Square Feet

Mostly used one now a days. In the land documents, it is being used throughout. In Bangalore, it is a commonly used one.

2. Cent - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cent_%28unit%29

It is actually a SI prefix. Centi is 1/100. One Cent is 1/100 of an Acre. One Acre is 43,560 sq ft. Hence One Cent is 435.60 sq ft in precise. But normally the agents take this as 440 sq ft in field for easier conversion.

3. Ground

It seems more of a measurement South india. It is actually 60ft * 40 ft = 2400 sq ft. Normally cent term goes along with a ground. One ground is 5.5096 cent in precise. Roughly 5.5 cents a ground.

4. Acre - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre

One Acre is 43560 sq ft. Actually it is 100 cents.

5. Hectare and Sq meters - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_metre

Square Meter is a SI unit. One square meter is 10.763 sq feet.

One hectare is 100m * 100m = 10000 sq mt.

Old (but still used) Tamil units : Kundu/Kuzhi/Maa ...

Kuzhi is supposed to be 12*12 = 144 sq ft. But now a days , it is considered as 10 * 10 = 100 sq fts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_units_of_measurement

http://ponniyinselvan.in/41/articles/2008-06-30-tamil-measurements

Parappalavu

kundu ==> depth / a land measure = 1089 sq.ft.
kuzhi – a land measure = 144sq.ft.
mA ==> 100 kuzhi
vEli ==> 20 ma (6.67 Acres)