Nepalese customary units of measurement

Land area

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

• 1 Bigha  = 20 Kattha
• 1 Bigha  = 6772.63 m²
• 1 Bigha  = 72900 sq.ft.
• 1 Bigha  = 13.31 Ropani
• 1 Katha  = 20 Dhur
• 1 Katha  = 338.63 m²
• 1 Katha = 3645 sq.ft.
• 1 Dhur = 16.93 m²
• 1 Dhur  = 182.25 sq.ft.
• 1 Ropani = 16 aana
• 1 Ropani = 64 Paisa
• 1 Ropani = 508.72 m²
• 1 Ropani = 5476 sq.ft.
• 1 Ropani = 256 Daam
• 1 Ropani = 4 llka
• 1 Khetmuri = 25 Ropani
• 1 Aana = 4 Paisa
• 1 Aana = 31.80 m²
• 1 Aana = 342.25 sq. ft.
• 1 Aana  = 16 Daam
• 1 Paisa  = 4 Daam
• 1 Paisa  = 7.95 m²
• 1 Paisa  = 85.56 sq. ft.
• 1 Daam  = 1.99 m²
• 1 Daam = 21.39 sq. ft.

Area

he 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.