Square Kilometers to Guntha (km² to guntha)

1 square kilometer equals 9,884.215259 guntha (rounded).

1 square kilometer = 9,884.215259 guntha

How to convert square kilometers to guntha

To convert square kilometers to guntha, multiply the number of square kilometers by 9,884.215259. The factor is rounded to 10 significant digits. To go the other way, multiply guntha by 0.0001011714106 (rounded).

guntha = square kilometers × 9,884.215259

Example: 10 square kilometers = 98,842.15259 guntha.

About these units

Square Kilometer (km²)

Metric (SI)Current unit

One million square meters (100 hectares). Used for the area of cities, countries and lakes.

Metric land measure took a surprisingly long time to settle on the kilometer. The meter was defined in 1799, yet people initially preferred the myriameter, 10,000 meters, and the French phrase myriamètres par heure was still in print in 1802. The Netherlands adopted the kilometer in 1817 under the name mijl. Once the kilometer was established, the square kilometer followed naturally as the unit for areas too large to count comfortably in hectares or square meters.

One square kilometer is 1,000,000 square meters, or 100 hectares, about 0.3861 square miles or 247.1 acres. A useful picture comes from history: many medieval European cities were enclosed by walls around roughly a square kilometer, with Delft at about 0.9 km² and Lucca at about 1.09 km². A standard 18-hole golf course of 6,000 meters needs about 0.8 km². The symbol km² means the square of a kilometer, not a thousand square meters. The planned Square Kilometre Array radio telescope takes its name from the collecting area it aims for.

1 square kilometer = 1,000,000 square meters (exactly).

Sources: Wikipedia: Square kilometre; Wikipedia: Kilometres per hour

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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