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Hectare to acre converter
1 hectare = 2.4711 acres, and 1 acre = 0.4047 hectare. A hectare is 10,000 sq m.
For information only. Confirm the area of a specific plot with its land record or the local revenue office.
Conversion table
Hectares to acres
| hectares | Acres |
|---|---|
| 0.25 hectares | 0.6178 |
| 0.5 hectares | 1.2355 |
| 1 hectare | 2.4711 |
| 2 hectares | 4.9421 |
| 2.5 hectares | 6.1776 |
| 5 hectares | 12.3553 |
| 10 hectares | 24.7105 |
| 100 hectares | 247.11 |
The unit
Hectares on the record, acres in the deal
The hectare is the metric unit that many state land records use, while buyers in most of India still think in acres. Revenue records in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra commonly state area in hectares.
A hectare is 98.84 guntha, 247.11 cents, and 3.99 bigha in Uttar Pradesh. It divides into 100 are of 100 sq m each.
Official land records
- UP Bhulekh · Uttar Pradesh
- MP Bhulekh · Madhya Pradesh
- Mahabhumi · Maharashtra
Worked example
2.5 hectares on a Madhya Pradesh khasra
2.5 hectares is 2.5 × 2.4711 = 6.18 acres.
With Madhya Pradesh's bigha of 12,000 sq ft, the same land is 22.42 bigha — the figure a local buyer is likely to ask for.
Prices in examples are illustrative, not market rates.
Questions
Frequently asked.
How many acres are in a hectare?
One hectare is 2.4711 acres, so roughly two and a half acres. For quick sums, multiply hectares by 2.47; for a sale deed, keep four decimals. One acre is 0.4047 hectare going the other way.
How many bigha are in a hectare?
It depends on the state: a hectare is 3.99 bigha in Uttar Pradesh, 3.95 pucca bigha in Rajasthan and 8.97 bigha in Madhya Pradesh. Divide 1,07,639.1 sq ft by the state's bigha to get the figure for any other state.
What is an are?
An are is 100 sq m — one-hundredth of a hectare — or 1,076.39 sq ft. Maharashtra's 7/12 extract and Kerala's records often write area as hectares and ares together, so 1 hectare 25 are means 1.25 hectares, or 3.09 acres.
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Reviewed . Every figure is computed from the same unit table PropZolo uses for listings and requirements.
Sources
- International yard (1959): 1 yd = 0.9144 m, so 1 acre = 4,840 sq yd = 43,560 sq ft
- Wikipedia — Bigha
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