Before knowing about the units of land measurement, you must have a clear knowledge about residential property and agricultural property. Residential lands include any plot, lot, or even lands having buildings that can be owner-occupied housing or tenant accommodation. Any property that allows building constructions is known as Residential property. Whereas Agricultural property includes lands or plots used for cultivation and harvesting. To construct a house in agricultural property, one needs to first convert it into residential property. Here comes to know about Acre to Square Yards Conversion. This is because an Acre is used to measure agricultural lands, whereas Square Yards is used to measure residential or commercial properties. 1 Acre of land is equal to 4840 Square Yards.
What is an Acre?
An acre is the oldest land measurement units, that is still used in imperial and US customary units. It is used to measure large tracts of agricultural land. This unit is not used in case of land registration or some legal land records. Instead, a Hectare is used as a legal land measurement unit, though it is treated as a non-SI unit in the metric system. So one may need to know about an acre to Square Yards conversion for selling an agricultural plot for building construction. 1 Hectare is equivalent to 11960 square yards. The symbol used to recognize an Acre is “ac”. During the Middle Ages, an Acre was typically a piece of land that can be plowed by a yoke of oxen within a single day.
1 international Acre and US survey acre is equivalent to
- 4047 hectare
- 86 Square Meter
- 43560 square feet
- 10 Square Chains. Each chain is equal to 66 feet.
- 4840 Square Yards
- 160 perches. Each perch is equal to 1 square rod, and each square rod measures 0.00625 acres.
- 0015625 square mile. Each square mile is equal to 640 acres.
What is a Square Yard?
There are some standard land measurement units used globally. Square Yard is one among them. It is widely used in India, Pakistan, Canada, the US, and the UK, though is replaced by Square Meter in several parts of the world. A square yard of land means the land is bounded by a 1-yard boundary wall on each side. No universal symbol is there for Square Yards.
1 Square Yard is equivalent to
- 9 Square Feet
- 0002067 Acres
- 000084 Hectares
- 836127 Square Meter
In 1795, Are was introduced in the metric system as a primary land measurement unit. But in 1960, it was not mentioned in the modern International System of Units and therefore was no more recognized. Though this unit is still used in parts of European countries, India, and Indonesia. 1 Ares/Are to Square Yards is equivalent to 119.599.
Know about Conversion of Acre to Square Yards
An acre of land has no perfect geometric shape. Any plot of land measuring 43560 Square Feet of the area is an acre. Whereas, 1 Square Yard land area means a square piece of land that is having 1-yard length and breadth. Thus it is having a particular shape. To convert an acre to square yards manually, you must know that 1 Acre is equal to 4840 square yards. Now consider an example, you are having 40 acres of land and you want to sell only 10 acres. This 10 acre of land is needed to be converted into square yards. So multiply 10 with 4840 which is equal to 48400 square yards.
Before you convert the land measurement units from one form to another, you must know how to measure land. Measuring a common geometric patterned land is easy with mathematical formulas. But what if you are having an irregular plot of land? You need to divide the plot into common geometric shapes like triangle, rectangle, square, trapezium, and so on. Then calculate the area of each one of them and finally add them together.
Sometimes calculating area and converting units manually become tough work, especially with the regional units of measurement. You can use an online area calculator or a unit converter. You will need to enter the name of the region where you are having a plot. Then enter the area of the plot along with its unit of measurement. And at the end you need to supply the unit, you want to convert into. The appropriate results will be displayed within seconds. In the case of small manual calculations, you can round off a decimal value. This may give you an approximate result, but will not create a massive difference from the original one.
Most common units used in India
The major geographic diversity of India has led to the use of several regional units for land measurement. Agricultural lands are generally measured in terms of Bigha, Biswa, Kattha, etc. But according to RERA, the real estate industry must use square feet as their standard unit of measurement. But again, some of the local governments use square yards to measure plots of land and fix a value. So you may need to convert Square Feet to Square Yards. Another common unit used for area measurement is Square Meter but it is avoided in case of a single length measurement or a one-way direction. Square Yards have been replaced by square meters in most of the areas but are still widely used in the US, the UK, Canada, Pakistan, and parts of India. 1 Square Meter to Square Yards is equivalent to 1.20.
The regional units of northern and western states are Bigha, Biswa, Biswansi, Killa, Ghumaon, Kanal. 1 Bigha to Square Yards or 1 Biswa to Square Yards may vary from state to state as the former units are not having a standard value. Similar is the case for Ground to Square Yards or Guntha to Square Yards. Here the former units are used in South Indian states along with Ankanam, Cent, and Kuncham. If you want to convert Kanal to Square Yards for a particular state, then it is better to use an online area calculator. The eastern states of India use Chatak, Decimal, Dhur, Kattha, and Lecha.
As the values of the regional units keep varying from one state to another, so it has been instructed by the Government to use a single standard unit of land measurement that is Square Feet under the Real Estate Regulatory Authority Act. This will limit any kind of fraudulent activities while having a land deal between sellers and buyers.
Consider an example of Bigha to understand how the values of the regional units keep changing from one part of a state to another. 1 Pucca Bigha used in Bihar, Parts of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab is equal to 3025 Square Yards. But 1 Kaccha Bigha used in some parts of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana measure 1008.33 square yards. Whereas 1 Bigha used in parts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand is equal to 968 square yards.
Consider another example, 1 Pucca Biswa commonly used in the upper parts of Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh is equal to 151.25 Square Yards, and in the lower parts, 1 Kaccha Biswa is equal to 50.417 Square Yards. Whereas, in parts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, 1 Biswa is equivalent to 48.4 square yards.
Also, Read How do you calculate square feet to square yards
Bigha to Square Yards Conversion: Land Measurement
FAQs:
1. How many are 20 square miles in Acre?
1 Square Mile is equal to 640 Acres. So 20 Square Mile is equivalent to 12800 acres.
2. What is the full form of RERA in India?
RERA stands for Real Estate Regulatory Authority.
3. How much is 1 Decimal land in Square Yards?
Decimal is used in West Bengal, India. 1 Decimal is equivalent to 48.4 Square Yards.
