Bigha to Square Yard Conversion

What is Bigha?

Bigha is one of the universally acknowledged and widely used units for land measurement in India. Bigha is one unit which is hugely popular as a unit for land measurement and it is used throughout numerous Indian States as well. The popularity of this land measurement unit is clearly indicated by the fact that it is also popular in several neighboring countries including Bangladesh and Nepal. There are several Indian States which make use of this unit as well including Bihar, Assam, Haryana, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh among others.

Bigha does not have any standardized value linked to it and its value will vary from one State to another.

Despite its wide popularity, bigha as a land measurement unit is not used anywhere in the southern part of the country, where more localized land measurement units are in vogue. Here are the values applicable for Bigha in various parts of the country:

• Bihar- 27, 220 sq ft
• Assam- 14, 400 sq ft
• Haryana- 27, 225 sq ft
• Gujarat- 17, 424 sq ft
• Jharkhand- 27, 211 sq ft
• Himachal Pradesh- 8, 712 sq ft
• Madhya Pradesh- 12, 000 sq ft
• Rajasthan- 27, 255 sq ft
• Punjab- 9, 070 sq ft
• Uttarakhand- 6, 804 sq ft
• Uttar Pradesh- 27, 000 sq ft
• West Bengal- 14, 400 sq ft

Bigha does not have any exact equivalent in English as well. In spite of the growing popularity of several global measurement units, Bigha has continued to be immensely popular as a land measurement unit in several parts of India and majorly the States in Northern India. Bigha is also used in Nepal along with Ropani which is another recognized unit for land measurement. A Bigha in Nepal equals 1.67 acres while it has 13.31 Ropani as well.

Bangladesh also makes use of land measurement units such as Katha and Bigha among others. An acre of land in Bangladesh equates to 3 Bighas of land as per prevalent calculations. Along with these countries, Bigha is also used as a land measurement in Fiji where it is equivalent to an acre of land.

What is Square Yard?

Square Yard is a unit that is widely used within the Imperial system of measurement units. Square Yard has been a popularly used measurement unit in almost every country that has been ruled by the British earlier. Square Yard is thus commonly used in several countries including India and Pakistan among others. This has happened in spite of the fact that the square meter has substituted the square yard over a distinct time period in several other parts of the globe. In multiple Indian States, local Governments make use of the square yard as the standardized value for fixing circle rates on the basis of rupees per square yard. Circle rate is the value fixed by the Government, below which you cannot sell any real estate property. The square yard is used in several Indian States like Haryana by the Government for fixing land rates for urban zones.

Defined as the area of a square which has sides measuring a yard in length, square yard is a key unit for measuring area throughout Canada and the U.S. along with being hugely popular in the United Kingdom which is its major country of origin. There are numerous symbols indicating this measurement unit including sq yard, sq yards, sq. yd, sq yds and so on. A square yard works out to 1,296 square inches along with 836 127.36 square millimeters, 9 square feet, 0.83612736 square meters, 8 361.2736 square centimeters, 0.00000083612736 square kilometers and 0.000083612736 hectares.

Relation between Bigha and Square Yard

The relationship of Bigha to Square Yard is not hard to work out. You can work out the conversion procedure for Bigha to sq yard with proper understanding of the intrinsic values connecting both units. 1 Bigha in square yard works out to 2999.999707 square yards while a square yard works out to to 0.0003305785446 Bighas.

How to Convert from Bigha to Square Yard

Now that you know the value of 1 Bigha in sq yards, you can readily convert 1 Bigha in square yard and even Bigha to yards if you want. You can thus convert by multiplying the figure in Bigha by 2999.999707 to arrive at the final figure in Square Yards. This is all you need to do for making the conversion successfully.

Formula for Converting Bigha to Square Yard

There is a simple formula for this conversion which is outlined below for your perusal-

Square Yard = Bigha * 2999.999707.

This is all you have to follow for seamlessly converting Bigha to Square Yard without any hassles.

Bigha to Square Yard Conversion Table

Current Use of Bigha

Bigha is one of the most popular and universally recognized units for land measurement in several parts of India.

Current Use of Square Yard

Square Yard is another mainstream unit for land and area measurement which is used not just in India but several other countries across the world as well.