In Nepal, where a bigha is about 6,772.63 square meters. Officially, most measurement of lands use units of either bigha (in Terai region) or ropani (Nepali: रोपनी) (in Hilly regions). Metric system is very seldom used officially in measuring area of Land.

Measurement of area in terms of bigha

1 bigha (बिघा)= 20 kattha (कठ्ठा)(about 6,772.63 m² or 72,900 sq.ft.)

1 kattha (কঠা, কাঠা, कठ्ठा) = 20 dhur (धुर)(about 338.63 m² or 3,645 sq.ft.)

1 dhur (धुर) = 16.93 m² or 182.25 sq.ft.

 

1 bigha = 13.31 ropani (रोपनी)

1 ropani = 16 aana (आना) (about 508.72 m² or 5476 sq. ft.)

1 aana = 4 paisa (पैसा) (about 31.80 m² or 342.25 sq.ft.)

1 paisa = 4 daam (दाम) (7.95 m²)

For a different ropani from the one above

30 ropani = 1 hectare

1 ropani = 333⅓ m²

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