Hectares to Marlas (ha to marla)

1 hectare equals 395.3686103 marlas (rounded).

1 hectare = 395.3686103 marlas

How to convert hectares to marlas

To convert hectares to marlas, multiply the number of hectares by 395.3686103. The factor is rounded to 10 significant digits. To go the other way, multiply marlas by 0.002529285264.

marlas = hectares × 395.3686103

Example: 10 hectares = 3,953.686103 marlas.

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

Marla (marla)

Indian subcontinentTraditional unit (still used in some regions)

272.25 square feet (25.29 m²), a square rod (the 'big marla' in India). Used for house plots in Pakistan and north India, where sizes vary by region.

Houses in Pakistani cities such as Lahore and Islamabad are still sold as 5 marla, 10 marla or 1 kanal plots. The marla was fixed under the British Raj as one square rod, a square of 16.5 feet on a side, giving 272.25 square feet, 30.25 square yards or 25.292853 square metres. 160 marla make an acre, and 20 make a kanal.

The size depends on the country. Wikipedia says India standardized the marla at 25 square yards (about 225 square feet, or 20.9 square metres), and that in India the older, larger Pakistani-style unit is often called the big marla. Bangladesh follows the Indian definition. The same article also gives 272.25 square feet in its Indian section, so its own figures disagree, and the page is tagged as needing more citations.

In Punjab the marla is subdivided into 9 sarsahi, each a square of 5.5 feet, or 30.25 square feet. The figure used here is the 272.25 square foot Raj-era marla. Within India the unit is losing ground to the guz, square metres, acres and hectares.

1 marla = 25.29285264 square meters (exactly).

Sources: Wikipedia: Marla (unit)

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