Nepalese customary units of measurement

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In Nepal, some customary units of measurement are still used, although the metric system has been the official standard since 1968.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Length
* 2 Land area
* 3 Volume
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Length

The kos (kosh, krosh, koss) is a very ancient measure of distance, measuring about 2.25 miles or 3.7 kilometres.[2]

* 1 murii = 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 vitastaa (cubit) = 18 in
* 1 haath = 1.5 ft.
* 1 dand or dhanush (bow) = 4 haath = 6 ft
* 2000 dand = 1 kos or Gorut = 4000 yards or 2.25 miles
* 4 kosh = 1 yojan = 9 mi = 14.48 km

## Land area

In Nepal, two types of unit systems are used for land area measurements. In hilly regions, ropani-aana-paisa-daam units are used while in terai regions, bigha-kattha-dhur units measurements are used. We may need to convert land area units such as aana to dhur, dhur to aana, kattha to aana, ropani to bigha, square meter to aana, square meter to dhur etc, For such area units conversion you may use Area Converter Calculator.[3]

The precise land measurement conversions as per Nepal standard are as follows:

Units | khetmuri  | bigha  | kattha  | dhur  | ropani  | aana  | paisa  | dam  | sq.feet  | sq.meter

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khetmuri  | 1 | 1.877914952  | 37.55829904  | 751.1659808  | 25  | 400  | 1600  | 6400  | 136900  | 12718.42618
bigha  | 0.532505478  | 1 | 20  | 400  | 13.31263696  | 213.0021914  | 852.0087655  | 3408.035062  | 72900  | 6772.631616
kattha  | 0.026625274  | 0.05  | 1 | 20  | 0.665631848  | 10.65010957  | 42.60043828  | 170.4017531  | 3645  | 338.6315808
dhur  | 0.001331264  | 0.0025  | 0.05  | 1 | 0.033281592  | 0.532505478  | 2.130021914  | 8.520087655  | 182.25  | 16.93157904
ropani  | 0.04  | 0.075116598  | 1.502331962  | 30.04663923  | 1 | 16  | 64  | 256  | 5476  | 508.737047
aana  | 0.0025  | 0.004694787  | 0.093895748  | 1.877914952  | 0.0625  | 1 | 4  | 16  | 342.25  | 31.79606544
paisa  | 0.000625  | 0.001173697  | 0.023473937  | 0.469478738  | 0.015625  | 0.25  | 1 | 4  | 85.5625  | 7.94901636
dam  | 0.00015625  | 0.000293424  | 0.005868484  | 0.117369684  | 0.00390625  | 0.0625  | 0.25  | 1 | 21.390625  | 1.98725409
sq. feet  | 7.3046E-06  | 1.37174E-05  | 0.000274348  | 0.005486968  | 0.000182615  | 0.002921841  | 0.011687363  | 0.046749452  | 1 | 0.09290304
sq. meter  | 7.86261E-05  | 0.000147653  | 0.002953062  | 0.059061237  | 0.001965652  | 0.031450432  | 0.125801729  | 0.503206915  | 10.76391042  | 1

In a nutshell, The following is a partial list of everyday units used to calculate land area in Nepal.[4][5]

* 1 Khetmuri = 25 Ropani
* 1 Bigha (बिघा) = 20 Kattha (कठ्ठा) = 6772.63 m2 = 72900 sq.ft. = 13.31 Ropani
* 1 Katha (कठ्ठा) = 20 Dhur (धुर) = 338.63 m2 = 3645 sq.ft.
* 1 Dhur (धुर) = 16.93 m2 = 182.25 sq.ft.
* 1 Ropani (रोपनी) = 16 Aana (आना) = 64 Paisa (पैसा) = 508.72 m2 = 5476 sq.ft. = 256 Daam (दाम) = 4 llka[6]
* 1 Aana (आना)= 4 Paisa (पैसा) = 31.80 m2 = 342.25 sq. ft. = 16 Daam (दाम)
* 1 Paisa (पैसा) = 4 Daam (दाम) = 7.95 m2 = 85.56 sq. ft.
* 1 Daam (दाम) = 1.99 m2 = 21.39 sq. ft.

The 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.

Terai region

In the Terai region, the southern parts of Nepal, the customary units are those used elsewhere in South Asia:

* 1 katha = 20 dhur
* 1 bigha = 20 katha

Hilly and mountainous regions

A different system is used in hilly regions:

* 1 paisa = 4 dam (daam) [7]
* 1 ana (aana) = 4 paisa[2]
* 1 ropani = 16 ana

Conversions

* 1 ropani = 74 feet × 74 feet
* 1 bigha = 13 Ropani 5 Anna
* 1 kattha = 442 square yards or 338 square meters[8]

## Volume

* 10 Mutthi (fistful) = 1 Mana
* 8 Mana = 1 Pathi (4.54596L)[9]
* 20 Pathi = 1 Muri

## See also

* List of customary units of measurement in South Asia

## References

1. ↑ "Standard Measurement and Weight Act, 1968". Kingdom of Nepal. 25 October 1968. http://www.nbsm.gov.np/index.php?func=acts.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Some Land and Distance Measurement Units used in Nepal". Blog "for Nepalese Civil Engineers". 6 January 2011. http://nepalicivilengineers.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/units-used-for-land-measurement-in.html.
3. ↑ "Area Converter Nepal". November 2, 2024. https://aafnaighar.com/area-converter-nepal-dhur-to-aana-to-dhur.
4. ↑ "Land measurement units in Nepal" October, 2014
5. ↑ "Units of Area Calculation in Nepal, Ropani Anna ana Converter Square Feet sq. ft area land units Converter loan emi calculator". http://www.housingnepal.com/articles/display/units-of-area-calculation-in-nepal.
6. ↑ Admin. "Ropani to Square Feet | Ropani to Kattha | Ropani to Aana in Nepal". https://www.areaconvert.com/2019/08/ropani-to-square-feet-ropani-to-kattha.html.
7. ↑ "Convert Paisa to Dam (paisa to Nepalese dam)" (in en-US). https://changeunit.com/unit/area/convert-from-paisa-to-dam/.
8. ↑ Russ Rowlett (2008). "K". A Dictionary of Units of Measurement. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictK.html.
9. ↑ "Standard Measurement and Weight Act, 2025 (1968)". http://www.lawcommission.gov.np/en/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/standard-measurement-and-weight-act-2025-1968.pdf.

## External links

* Nepali Land-Converter
* Area Converter Nepal

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