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The bigha ((ヒンディー語:बीघा), (アッサム語:বিঘা), (ベンガル語:বিঘা)) is a traditional unit of measurement of area of a land, commonly used in Nepal, Bangladesh and in a number of states of India, including Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Gujarat and Rajasthan but not in southern states of India. There is no "standard" size of bigha. The size of a ''bigha'' varies considerably from place to place. Sources have given measurements ranging from , but in several smaller pockets, it can be as high as . Its sub-unit is Biswa (or Bisa) or Katha (or Katta) in many regions. Again there is no "standard" size of biswa or katha. A bigha may have 5 to 20 biswa in different regions. In India, bigha ceased to be an official unit of area in 1957 when square metre or hectare (10,000 square metre) became the official legal unit of area of land. Bigha in Ladol gujarat is 24 guthas which equals to 21600 Sqft. == Uses in India == The bigha is a traditional unit of land in several parts of South Asia. Sale and purchase of land (particularly agricultural land) is still done unofficially in this unit. However, the area is recorded in hectare or square metres in official land records. Bigha varies in size from one part of India to another. Various states and often regions within the same state have different sizes attributed to the bigha. It is usually less than one standard acre (4,840 square yard or 4,047 square metre) but can extend up to 3 acres (1.2 hectare). * In Assam, a bigha is , subdivided into five katha. Each katha consists of 20 lecha with a lecha covering in area. Hence each katha is in area, although this may vary within different regions of Assam. According to Department of land resources of India〔http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/mastercodes/areaunitcodes.pdf〕 1 Bigha (Assam) = 5 Katha = 100 Lessa = 14,400 square feet = 1,338 square metre. * In Bihar, different regions have different sizes of bigha. Near the capital, Patna, one katha is equivalent to 20 lecha, equating to . One katha is further subdivided in 20 dhur. Hence each dhur is approximately . One dhur is further subdivided in 20 dhurki, each dhurki being approximately . * * In some of eastern parts of the Bihar including Munger, Bhagalpur and Jamui, one dhur is further subdivided into one square lagga (pole length). One lagga is equivalent to 5.5 hand lengths, with each hand length being . Therefore one lagga is 99 inches, or 251.46 cm. * In Himachal Pradesh, five bigha is equal to one acre (0.0809 hectare). * In Punjab, four bigha is equal to one acre. * In central India, bighas were standardized at 3025 yd2((2529.3 m2) or 5/8 acre (0.2529 hectare). * In Madhya Pradesh, one Katha = . * In Rajasthan, one bigha is equal to .〔http://sizes.com/units/bigha.htm〕 * In Uttar Pradesh, one bigha can mean different things to people in different districts of the state. In the more developed western districts of the state one bigha is either equal to five biswa (one biswa is or 6.75 biswa. In the remainder of Uttar Pradesh, 1 bigha is divided into 20 biswas. Each biswa is 125 m2 or 154.32 yd2 (hence one Bigha is 0.25 Hectare (or 2500 m2 or 301 yd2(). 7 Biswa ~ 1 Bigha (Kaccha) * In Uttar Pradesh (West) the measurements are slightly different: one Bigha=20 20 biswa=60 Decimal=2428.80 m2 * In Uttarakhand, 1 Bigha is subdivided into 19 Bissas or 12 Nali. One Bigha is 968 yd2 or 800 m2. * In West Bengal, the Bigha was standardized under British colonial rule at 1600 yd2 (0.1338 hectare or 0.3306 acre); this is often interpreted as being 1/3 acre (it is precisely 40⁄121 acre). In metric units, a bigha is hence 1333 m2. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bigha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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