Metric Tons to Maunds (t to maund)

1 metric ton equals 26.79228881 maunds (rounded).

1 metric ton = 26.79228881 maunds

How to convert metric tons to maunds

To convert metric tons to maunds, multiply the number of metric tons by 26.79228881. The factor is rounded to 10 significant digits. To go the other way, multiply maunds by 0.03732417216.

maunds = metric tons × 26.79228881

Example: 10 metric tons = 267.9228881 maunds.

About these units

Metric Ton (t)

Metric (SI)Current unit

1,000 kilograms (about 2,204.6 lb), also spelled tonne. Used for cargo, grain and vehicle weights outside the US.

Barrels gave the tonne its name. The word goes back to a Germanic root for a large cask, the tun, and a full tun could easily weigh around a tonne. In English this became ton; the spelling tonne has been used in France since 1842, where it replaced the older tonneau, and pre-metric French tonnes were 2,000 livres, about 979 kg. Once the metric system took hold, the tonne was fixed at 1,000 kilograms, which is the mass of roughly a cubic metre of water.

The unit is accepted for use with the SI, and its symbol is a lowercase t with no period. Because it sits close to the old English ton, the two get confused: the short ton used in the US is about 10 percent lighter than a tonne, while the long ton differs by less than 2 percent. NIST calls the unit the metric ton, and the spelling tonne is rare in the US. Very large quantities are stated in prefixed forms such as the megatonne, which equals a teragram. In explosives, a tonne of TNT is taken as about 4.2 gigajoules.

1 metric ton = 1,000 kilograms (exactly).

Sources: Wikipedia: Tonne; Wikipedia: Ton; NIST Guide to the SI, Appendix B.8 (mass conversions)

Maund (maund)

Indian subcontinentTraditional unit (still used in some regions)

40 seers, about 37.32 kg (82 2/7 lb). The standard British Indian unit for bulk goods; values varied across regions.

Across the Indian subcontinent the maund, also spelled mun or mann, served for centuries as the working weight of the grain market, the warehouse and the tax collector. Its size was never fixed. A survey made for the East India Company in 1821 found Bengal maunds near 80 pounds, Bombay maunds near 28 pounds, and Madras maunds near 25 pounds, while a few western districts used 64-seer maunds of well over 130 pounds.

Earlier rulers had their own values too. Estimates for the Delhi Sultanate under Alauddin Khalji are around 15 kg, and for Akbar's Mughal Empire anywhere from about 15.75 kg to 21.3 kg depending on how the sources are read. The word has a close counterpart in the Ottoman and Central Asian batman.

The Bengal Presidency settled the matter for British India in 1833 by defining the maund as 100 troy pounds, or 82.28 pounds avoirdupois, and the standard spread across the Raj. It was divided into 40 seers. After independence the figure was restated as 37.3242 kg, which is the one used here. Wikipedia notes that Bangladesh and the southern plains of Nepal use a rounded 40 kg maund, and that its own article gives Pakistan both 40 kg and 37.3242 kg.

1 maund = 37.32417216 kilograms (exactly).

Sources: Wikipedia: Maund (unit)

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