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.

1 guntha = 101.1714106 square meters (approximately).

About the guntha

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.

Sources: Wikipedia: Gunta

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