Bigha to Square Feet — 1 Bigha in Sq Ft & Gaj (India, Nepal)

1 Bigha (India) = 14,400 sq ft = 1,600 gaj · 1 Bigha (Nepal Terai) = 72,900 sq ft

Square feet is the unit of construction: floor plans, builder quotes, and per-square-foot land prices all use it. Land records in eastern India and Nepal, however, are written in bigha. Converting between the two is a single multiplication once you know the size of your local bigha — and that is the catch, because the bigha is not one unit but a family of regional units.

The figures on this page follow our converter: the Assam/West Bengal bigha of 14,400 sq ft, which is exactly 1,600 gaj (a gaj being one square yard, 9 sq ft), and the Nepal Terai bigha of 72,900 sq ft. The gaj relationship is worth remembering — many north Indian property dealers quote plots in gaj, and "1 bigha = 1,600 gaj" converts mentally far more easily than the square-feet figure.

The formula

Square feet = Bigha × 14,400 (India, 1,600 gaj bigha)

Square feet = Bigha × 72,900 (Nepal Terai)

Gaj (sq yd) = Square feet ÷ 9

Reverse: Bigha = Square feet ÷ 14,400 (or ÷ 72,900 for Nepal)

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Conversion tables

Bigha to square feet and gaj (India bigha)
Bigha	Square feet	Gaj (sq yd)	Square meters
0.25	3,600	400	334.5
0.5	7,200	800	668.9
1	14,400	1,600	1,338
1.5	21,600	2,400	2,007
2	28,800	3,200	2,676
3	43,200	4,800	4,013
4	57,600	6,400	5,351
5	72,000	8,000	6,689
10	144,000	16,000	13,378

Bigha to square feet (Nepal Terai bigha)
Bigha	Square feet	Square meters
0.25	18,225	1,693
0.5	36,450	3,386
1	72,900	6,773
1.5	109,350	10,159
2	145,800	13,545
3	218,700	20,318
4	291,600	27,091
5	364,500	33,863
10	729,000	67,726

Square feet to bigha
Square feet	Bigha (India)	Bigha (Nepal)
1,000	0.0694	0.0137
2,500	0.1736	0.0343
5,000	0.3472	0.0686
10,000	0.6944	0.1372
14,400	1	0.1975
20,000	1.389	0.2743
43,560	3.025	0.5975
72,900	5.063	1
100,000	6.944	1.372

Worked examples

Example 1 — pricing half a bigha for construction

A contractor quoting ₹150 per sq ft of developed land needs your half-bigha plot in square feet: 0.5 × 14,400 = 7,200 sq ft. The land component of the quote is 7,200 × 150 = ₹10,80,000.

Example 2 — how many gaj in 2 bigha?

2 bigha × 1,600 gaj = 3,200 gaj. If a dealer prices land at ₹5,000 per gaj, the 2 bigha plot is worth 3,200 × 5,000 = ₹1.6 crore.

Good to know

In states with a different bigha, substitute your local figure in the same formula: Bihar ≈ 27,220 sq ft, Uttar Pradesh ≈ 27,000 sq ft, Gujarat ≈ 17,424 sq ft, Rajasthan (pucca) ≈ 27,225 sq ft, Himachal ≈ 8,712 sq ft. The bigha unit page has the full state-wise table.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many square feet are in 1 bigha?+

With the Assam/West Bengal bigha used by this site, 1 bigha equals 14,400 square feet. In the Nepal Terai, 1 bigha equals 72,900 square feet. Other Indian states range from about 6,800 to 27,225 sq ft per bigha.

How many gaj are in 1 bigha?+

1 bigha (14,400 sq ft) equals 1,600 gaj, since a gaj is one square yard (9 sq ft). This 1,600-gaj bigha is the convention in Assam and West Bengal.

How many bigha is 10,000 square feet?+

10,000 ÷ 14,400 ≈ 0.69 bigha with the India figure used here, or about 0.14 bigha with the much larger Nepal Terai bigha.

Is a gaj the same as a square yard?+

Yes — in land measurement, gaj is the Hindi term for the square yard: 9 square feet, or about 0.836 square meters.

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