Hectare to Bigha Converter — 1 Hectare in Bigha (India & Nepal)

1 Hectare ≈ 7.4749 Bigha (India, 1,600 gaj) · 1 Hectare ≈ 1.4765 Bigha (Nepal Terai)

Modern land records across India and Nepal are increasingly kept in hectares — the metric unit of exactly 10,000 square meters — while everyday conversation, older deeds, and local pricing still run on the bigha. Anyone comparing a digitized government record against what the family has always called "three bigha of land" needs this conversion, and needs it with the right regional bigha.

A hectare is 107,639 square feet. Divide that by your bigha size and you have your factor: with the Assam/West Bengal bigha of 14,400 sq ft, one hectare is about 7.47 bigha; with the Nepal Terai bigha of 72,900 sq ft it is about 1.48 bigha. The converter on the home page does this live in both directions, alongside acres, square meters, and every other supported unit.

The formula

Bigha = Hectares × 107,639.1 ÷ (bigha size in sq ft)

India (1,600 gaj bigha): Bigha = Hectares × 7.4749

Nepal (Terai): Bigha = Hectares × 1.4765

Reverse: Hectares = Bigha × (bigha size in sq ft) ÷ 107,639.1

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Conversion tables

Hectare to bigha
Hectare	Bigha (India)	Bigha (Nepal)	Acres
0.25	1.869	0.3691	0.6178
0.5	3.737	0.7383	1.236
1	7.475	1.477	2.471
2	14.95	2.953	4.942
3	22.42	4.43	7.413
4	29.9	5.906	9.884
5	37.37	7.383	12.36
10	74.75	14.77	24.71
20	149.5	29.53	49.42
50	373.7	73.83	123.6
100	747.5	147.7	247.1

Bigha to hectare
Bigha	Hectare (India bigha)	Hectare (Nepal bigha)
1	0.1338	0.6773
2	0.2676	1.355
3	0.4013	2.032
4	0.5351	2.709
5	0.6689	3.386
10	1.338	6.773
15	2.007	10.16
20	2.676	13.55
25	3.345	16.93
50	6.689	33.86
100	13.38	67.73

Worked examples

Example 1 — a 2.5 hectare record in Assam

A digitized record shows 2.5 hectares. With the 14,400 sq ft bigha: 2.5 × 7.4749 = 18.69 bigha. If the family believed the holding was "about 19 bigha", the record and the memory agree.

Example 2 — 4 bigha in the Nepal Terai, in hectares

4 Terai bigha × 72,900 = 291,600 sq ft. Divided by 107,639.1 sq ft per hectare, that is 2.71 hectares — the figure a Nepali land revenue (Malpot) office would record in metric.

Good to know

As with all bigha conversions, the state matters. One hectare is about 7.47 Bengal bigha but only about 3.95 Bihar bigha (27,220 sq ft each) and about 12.36 Himachal bigha (8,712 sq ft each). Confirm which bigha your document uses — the bigha guide lists the common state figures.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many bigha is 1 hectare in India?+

With the common Assam/West Bengal bigha of 14,400 sq ft, 1 hectare is about 7.47 bigha. States with larger bighas get smaller numbers — about 3.95 bigha in Bihar, for example.

How many bigha is 1 hectare in Nepal?+

In the Terai, 1 hectare is about 1.48 bigha. In the hilly regions, land is measured in ropani instead: 1 hectare is about 19.66 ropani.

How many hectares is 1 bigha?+

About 0.134 hectares for the 14,400 sq ft India bigha, and about 0.677 hectares for the Nepal Terai bigha.

Why do land records use hectares instead of bigha?+

Both India and Nepal officially adopted the metric system, so surveys and digitized records use hectares and square meters. The bigha survives in daily use because generations of local pricing and family history are expressed in it.

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