All About Kanal to Hectare Conversion in Land Measurement Units

India is a country with a vast population and major geographical diversity. Each region has its ideas and cultures. So are the land measurement units. The land buying process becomes nerve-wracking at this time. Before knowing about the units of measurement you must know the difference between residential lands and agricultural lands. The residential lands are lands on which we can construct a building or have buildings constructed on it. But for agricultural lands, we cannot construct a building without converting it into residential properties. In case of sale deed or change of land ownership, you may need to know all about Kanal to hectare conversion in land measurement units and Bigha to Hectare, Square Feet to Hectare, and so on. Now one may ask, why do we need to convert these units into Hectare? For that let us see what hectare is. And then we will look into Kanal.

Hectare

Hectare is a non-SI unit and a legally used unit around the world. It is globally used and is having a Standard value. In 1795, Ares and Hectares were introduced in the metric system. At that time Are was used as a traditional land measurement unit. But later in 1960, Are was no more recognized while Hectare remained as a non-SI unit. In most of the countries, the real estate brokers were asked About Kanal to Hectare conversion in Land measurement units. 100 Ares of land is equal to 1 Hectare.

Hectare is accepted as a legal unit and is used to measure large tracts of land. Another unit that has been accepted globally for agricultural land measurement is an Acre. But if you are thinking to sell a plot of land or change ownership, or for any kind of legal work, you need to convert an Acre to Hectare. 1 Acre of land is approximately 0.405 Hectares.

1 Hectare is equivalent to

• 1 jerib in Iran
• 1 Djerib in Turkey
• 1 Manzana in Argentina
• 1 Bunder in The Netherlands
• 1 Gong Qing in Greater China

In the case of globally used units, 1 Hectare is equivalent to

• 10000 Square Meter
• 11960 Square Yards
• 107639 Square Feet
• 01 Square Kilometre
• 47105 Acres

Kanal

Kanal is a traditional land measurement unit that was used primarily during the British Rule along with Marla. This is still used in different states of Northern India along with Bigha, Biswa, Gaj. When there comes a necessity of know About Kanal to Hectare conversion in Land measurement units we must also know to convert Biswa to Hectare and so on.

Why is this necessary? This is necessary because these units do not have a standard value and it keeps changing from one state to another and even within a state. However, according to legal acts and regulations the lands need to be recorded in terms of Hectare as the standard unit of measurement.

1 Kanal is equivalent to

• 0506 Hectare
• 857 Square Meter
• 605 Square Yards
• 5445 Square Feet
• 125 Acre

Conversion of Kanal to Hectare

Before converting Kanal to Hectare, you must know the value of 1 Kanal in Hectare. It is approximately 0.0506 after rounding off to four decimal places. This is done to make the calculations easy. Now, if you are asked to convert 20 Kanal into hectares then multiply the total area by 0.0506.

But what if the area is in a fractional part or is a large area? It is difficult to calculate manually. Here you can use an online area converter or any online calculators. These are free of cost and can be accessed at any time with any device with a good internet connection.

A few other land measurement units

There are a few more standard units used along with hectares and acres. These are –

• Square Feet – Under the Real Estate Regulatory Authority, the Indian Government has made Square Feet a mandatory unit for the real estate industry to measure lands. 1 Square foot of land means a plot of land having boundary walls of 1 foot each.
• Square Yards – Though it is no more used in English speaking countries, yet it is widely used in India, Canada, Pakistan, the UK, and the US. One square yard of land means a plot of land having boundary walls of each 1 yard in size. This has been replaced by square meters. Some of the local governments in India still allow this unit for land measurement and fix a price according to that.
• Square Meter – This unit can be used only to measure two-dimensional areas and avoided in case of one-dimensional measurements like a length or a direction.

While recording a land in deeds, even Square Yards to Hectare or Square Meter to Hectare conversion is mandatory.

Some of the local land measurement units used in India are –

• The Northern and Western states of India uses –

1. Bigha
2. Gaj
3. Biswa
4. Kanal
5. Killa
6. Ghumao
7. Sarai
8. Marla

• The Eastern states of India use –

1. Dhur
2. Chatak
3. Kattha
4. Lecha
5. Decimal

• The Southern states of India use –

1. Ankanam
2. Guntha
3. Kuncham
4. Cent
5. Ground

Like Bigha, Biswa, Kanal, we should also know how to convert Guntha to Hectare, Ground to Hectare, and all other local units converting to Hectare.

How to measure lands?

Measuring land is the most basic concept in the real estate industry. To measure a land, you must identify its shape.

• If the land is having a regular pattern like Square, rectangle, triangle, etc, then with simple mathematical formulas one can easily derive the area of land. For example, if the shape is a rectangle, then the area of the land is equal to length × breadth. Similarly for squares, as all the sides are having the same measurement we need to find the measurement of only one side.
• If the land is irregular in shape, then you need to first divide it into regular patterns. Then find out the area for each one of them and finally add them up.

To measure land areas we generally use an online tool. As the result obtained is reliable and is a great time saver. For local land measurement units, conversion becomes difficult as the values keep changing from one place to another. One cannot memorize all the values at a time. In an online area converter tool, you need to enter the total area of land, its measuring unit, the region where the land is, and the unit you want to convert into. All the calculations are done technically and you get an appropriate result.

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