TOOL — LAND UNITS
Land converter
Convert Nepali land units to square feet and square metres. Hill and Terai systems both supported.
FIG. 01 — CONVERTER
Enter an area, get every unit
ROPANI · AANA · PAISA · DAM · BIGHA · KATTHA · DHUR
INPUT
Enter a number, for example 2.5.
Hill: 1 ropani = 16 aana = 64 paisa = 256 dam = 5,476 sq ft.
Terai: 1 bigha = 20 kattha = 400 dhur = 72,900 sq ft.
Always check the area on your land ownership certificate.
RESULT
SQUARE FEET
5,476
SQUARE METRES
508.74
IN HILL UNITS
1 ropani, 0 aana, 0 paisa, 0 dam
IN TERAI UNITS
0 bigha, 1 kattha, 10.05 dhur
FIG. 02 — REFERENCE
The relationships between the units
HILL SYSTEM
- 1 Ropani
- 16 Aana · 64 Paisa · 256 Dam
- 1 Ropani
- 5,476 sq ft · 508.74 sq m
- 1 Aana
- 4 Paisa · 16 Dam
- 1 Aana
- 342.25 sq ft
- 1 Paisa
- 4 Dam · 85.56 sq ft
- 1 Dam
- 21.39 sq ft
TERAI SYSTEM
- 1 Bigha
- 20 Kattha · 400 Dhur
- 1 Bigha
- 72,900 sq ft · 6,772.63 sq m
- 1 Kattha
- 20 Dhur · 3,645 sq ft
- 1 Dhur
- 182.25 sq ft
- 1 Acre
- 43,560 sq ft · 4,046.86 sq m
- 1 Hectare
- 107,639 sq ft · 10,000 sq m
Always check the area on your land ownership certificate (lalpurja). If the certificate lists a different unit than you expected, use the certificate's value — not a conversational estimate.
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