All in one - Unit Converter

Just at one shot you can convert areas across ropani, bigha, square feet, square meter.



Ropani System

Bigha System

Feet/Meter


Area Converter Information

The following is a list of everyday units used to calculate land area in Nepal.

  • 1 Bigha (बिघा) = 20 Kattha (कठ्ठा) = 6772.63 m² = 72900 sq.ft. = 13.31 Ropani
  • 1 Katha (कठ्ठा) = 20 Dhur (धुर) = 338.63 m² = 3645 sq.ft.
  • 1 Dhur (धुर) = 16.93 m² = 182.25 sq.ft.
  • 1 Ropani (रोपनी) = 16 Aana (आना) = 64 Paisa (पैसा) = 508.72 m² = 5476 sq.ft. = 256 Daam (दाम) = 4 llka
  • 1 Aana (आना)= 4 Paisa (पैसा) = 31.80 m² = 342.25 sq. ft. = 16 Daam (दाम)
  • 1 Paisa (पैसा) = 4 Daam (दाम) = 7.95 m² = 85.56 sq. ft.
  • 1 Daam (दाम) = 1.99 m² = 21.39 sq. ft.

The units of measurement of area of land depends on the part of the country where they are being used, with the Bigha-Katha-Dhur measurements common in the Terai region while the Ropani-Aana measurements are common in hilly and mountainous regions.

Terai Region

In the Terai region, the southern parts of Nepal, the customary units are those used elsewhere in South Asia: 

Conversions for Terai customary units
UnitDivisionsIn square metresIn square feet
Dhur 16.93 square metres182.25 square feet
Katha20 Dhur338.62 square metres3,645 square feet
Bigha20 Katha6772.41 square metres72,900 square feet

Hilly and mountainous regions

A different system is used in hilly regions:

  • 1 paisa = 4 dam (daam)
  • 1 ana = 4 paisa
  • 1 ropani = 16 ana
Conversions for Mountainous customary units
UnitDivisionsIn square metresIn square feet
Dam 1.99 square metres21.39 square feet
Paisa4 Dam7.95 square metres85.56 square feet
Ana4 Paisa31.80 square metres342.25 square feet
Ropani16 Aana508.74 square metres5476 square feet

Conversions

  • 1 ropani = 74 feet × 74 feet
  • 1 bigha = 13 ropani
  • 1 kattha = 442 square yards or 338 square meters

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