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 km.[2]

* 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 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 miles = 14.48 km

## Land area

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.[3][4]

* 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[5]
* 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)
* 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[6]

## Volume

* 10 Mutthi (fistful) = 1 Mana
* 8 Mana = 1 Pathi (4.54596L)[7]
* 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. [better source needed]
3. ↑ "Land measurement units in Nepal" October, 2014[better source needed]
4. ↑ "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.
5. ↑ 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.
6. ↑ 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.
7. ↑ http://www.lawcommission.gov.np/en/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/standard-measurement-and-weight-act-2025-1968.pdf [bare URL PDF]

## External links

* Nepali Land-Converter

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