Nepalese Customary units of measurement

1. Nepalese customary units of measurement
In Nepal, some customary units of measurement are still
used, although the metric system has been the official
standard since 1968.[1]
1 Table for list of units used to
measure land area in Nepal
This is the list of units used in Nepal to calculate land area
in Nepal.[2]
All the commonly used measurement units
are listed below.
• 1 Bigha (बिघा) = 20 Kattha (कठ्ठा)
• 1 Bigha (बिघा) = 6772.63 m²
• 1 Bigha (बिघा) = 72900 sq.ft.
• 1 Bigha (बिघा) = 13.31 Ropani
• 1 Kattha (कठ्ठा) = 20 Dhur (धुर)
• 1 Kattha (कठ्ठा) = 338.63 m²
• 1 Kattha (कठ्ठा) = 3645 sq.ft.
• 1 Dhur (धुर) = 16.93 m²
• 1 Dhur (धुर) = 182.25 sq.ft.
• 1 Ropani (रोपनी)= 16 aana (आना)
• 1 Ropani (रोपनी)= 64 Paisa (पैसा)
• 1 Ropani (रोपनी)= 508.72 m²
• 1 Ropani (रोपनी)= 5476 sq.ft.
• 1 Ropani (रोपनी)= 256 Daam (दाम)
• 1 Ropani = 4 Matomuri
• 1 Khetmuri = 25 Ropani
• 1 Aana (आना)= 4 Paisa (पैसा)
• 1 Aana (आना)= 31.80 m²
• 1 Aana (आना) = 342.25 sq. ft.
• 1 Aana (आना) = 16 Daam (दाम)
• 1 Paisa (पैसा) = 4 Daam (दाम)
• 1 Paisa (पैसा) = 7.95 m²
• 1 Paisa (पैसा) = 85.56 sq. ft.
• 1 Daam (दाम) = 1.99 m²
• 1 Daam (दाम) = 21.39 sq. ft.
• 1 Haath = 1.5 ft.
2 Length
The kos (kosh, krosh, koss) is a very ancient measure of
distance, measuring about 2.25 miles or 3.7 km.[3]
• 1 angul = approx. 0.75 inch
• 4 angul = 1 dharnugrah (bow grip) = 3 in
• 8 angul = 1 dhanurmushti (fist with thumb raised) =
6 in
• 12 angul = 1 vitastaa (span) = 9 in
• 2 vittaa (cubit) = 18 in
• 4 haath = 1 dand or dhanush (bow) = 6 ft
• 2000 dand = 1 kos or Gorut = 4000 yards or 2.25
miles
• 4 kos = 1 yojan = 9 miles
3 Area
Terai region
In southern parts of Nepal, the customary units are those
used elsewhere in South Asia:
• 1 kattha = 20 dhur
• 1 bigha = 20 kattha
Mountainous regions
A different system is used in hilly regions:
• 1 paisa = 4 dam (daam)
• 1 ana = 4 paisa
[4]
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• 1 ropani = 16 ana
Conversions
• 1 ropani = 74 feet × 74 feet
• 1 bigha = 13 ropani
• 1 kattha = 442 square yards or 338 square meters[5]
4 See also
• List of customary units of measurement in South
Asia
5 References
[1] “Standard Measurement and Weight Act 2025 (1968)".
Kingdom of Nepal. 25 October 1968. Retrieved 21 April
2015.
[2] “Land measurement units in Nepal” october, 2014
[3] “Some Land and Distance Measurement Units used in
Nepal”. Blog “for Nepalese Civil Engineers”. 6 January
2011. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
[4] http://nepalicivilengineers.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/
units-used-for-land-measurement-in.html
[5] Russ Rowlett (2008). “K”. A Dictionary of Units of Mea-
surement. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Retrieved 20 December 2012.

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