Hectares to Guntha (ha to guntha)

1 hectare equals 98.84215259 guntha (rounded).

1 hectare = 98.84215259 guntha

How to convert hectares to guntha

To convert hectares to guntha, multiply the number of hectares by 98.84215259. The factor is rounded to 10 significant digits. To go the other way, multiply guntha by 0.01011714106 (rounded).

guntha = hectares × 98.84215259

Example: 10 hectares = 988.4215259 guntha.

About these units

Hectare (ha)

Metric (SI)Current unit

10,000 square meters (2.471 acres). The standard unit for land and agricultural areas outside the US.

Hecto plus are: the name was coined in French, and are itself comes from the Latin area, meaning an open space. The French law of 18 Germinal, Year III (7 April 1795) defined the are as 100 square meters, and the hectare followed as 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters. The unit is therefore a product of the original French metric reforms rather than of later SI work, which is one reason its official status has always been slightly awkward.

When the SI was set up in 1960 the are was not recognized, and the hectare was classed as a non-SI unit accepted for use with it. In practice it is the standard unit for land ownership, planning and agriculture in the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, while the United States and Myanmar stay with the acre. A hectare is a square 100 meters on each side, about the size of Trafalgar Square, and equals roughly 2.47 acres. One hundred of them make a square kilometer.

1 hectare = 10,000 square meters (exactly).

Sources: Wikipedia: Hectare; Wikipedia: Are (unit); NIST Guide to the SI, Appendix B.8: conversion factors

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

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