One acre is 43,560 square feet, about 4,047 square metres or 0.405 hectares. It equals 40 guntha or 100 cents.
Example
A farmhouse plot near Bengaluru
A 2.5 acre plot off the Bengaluru–Mysuru road is 1,08,900 sq ft, about 1.01 hectares. Locally it may be described as 2 acres 20 guntha, since one acre is 40 guntha. If the asking price is ₹1.2 crore an acre, the plot costs ₹3 crore — roughly ₹275 per sq ft.
Figures are illustrative, not market rates.
Questions about Acre
How many square feet are in an acre?
One acre is exactly 43,560 sq ft, which is 4,840 square yards or about 4,046.86 square metres. Half an acre is 21,780 sq ft. This value is the same in every state, unlike bigha or katha.
How many acres make a hectare?
One hectare (10,000 square metres) is about 2.471 acres, and one acre is about 0.405 hectare. Most state land records now show area in hectares, so a 1 hectare holding is roughly 2 acres 19 guntha in Maharashtra or Karnataka terms.
How do local units compare with an acre?
An acre equals 40 guntha, 100 cents or decimals, 4,840 gaj, about 18.15 grounds and 8 revenue kanal. Its relation to the bigha depends on the state: about 1.6 bigha in Uttar Pradesh, 2.5 in Gujarat and about 3 in West Bengal.
Sources
- NIST — unit conversion (international yard and acre) · accessed
- Mahabhumi — Maharashtra land records · accessed
See also
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