Guntha to Square Yards (guntha to yd²)

1 guntha equals 121 square yards exactly.

1 guntha = 121 square yards

How to convert guntha to square yards

To convert guntha to square yards, multiply the number of guntha by 121. This factor is exact. To go the other way, multiply square yards by 0.00826446281 (rounded).

square yards = guntha × 121

Example: 10 guntha = 1,210 square yards.

About these units

Guntha (guntha)

Indian subcontinentTraditional unit (still used in some regions)

1,089 square feet (about 101.17 m²). A land unit used in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka; 40 guntha make an acre.

A guntha is a small land measure used on the Indian subcontinent, and in India it is defined as a square 33 feet on a side. That gives 1,089 square feet, or about 101.17 square metres (120.999 square yards), and 40 gunthas make one acre. The guntha therefore acts as the fraction below the acre in plot sizes.

The size changes across the border. In Pakistan the unit is counted as 120 square yards, with 4 guntha to a jareeb and 10 jareeb to an acre, so the 40-to-an-acre ratio survives even though the guntha itself is a little smaller. Sub-units differ as well. In India a guntha holds 16 annas of about 6.32 square metres each, while in Pakistan 6 annas of 20.16 square yards make a guntha.

Wikipedia cites a 1966 United Nations handbook for the Pakistani values and says the units were used alongside the Imperial measures. The figure used here is the Indian one, 1,089 square feet. In metric terms a guntha is a little over 100 square metres.

1 guntha = 101.1714106 square meters (approximately).

Sources: Wikipedia: Gunta

Square Yard (yd²)

US & ImperialCurrent unit

9 square feet (0.8361 m²). Used for carpet, turf and land in the UK and India (where it is called a gaj).

Branches and rods lie behind this unit. The word yard comes from Old English gerd or gyrd, meaning a staff or measuring rod, and it first appears in the late seventh-century laws of Ine of Wessex, where a yard of land was a tax unit. Where its length came from is uncertain: pacing, the cubit and the arm of King Henry I have all been suggested. A square yard is simply a square of that length on each side.

After the 1959 agreement among six countries fixed the yard at exactly 0.9144 meter, the square yard became exactly 9 square feet, 1,296 square inches or about 0.836 m². It is used across the English-speaking world, notably in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India and Pakistan. In northern India it is called a gaj, and in Pakistan a gaz, and house plots there are often quoted in it. In the US and UK the yard, divided into eighths, is also how cloth is bought, so the square yard suits flooring and fabric in the same breath.

1 square yard = 0.83612736 square meters (exactly).

Sources: Wikipedia: Square yard; Wikipedia: Yard; NIST Guide to the SI, Appendix B.8: conversion factors

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