Pounds to Maunds (lb to maund)

1 pound equals 0.01215277778 maunds (rounded).

1 pound = 0.01215277778 maunds

How to convert pounds to maunds

To convert pounds to maunds, multiply the number of pounds by 0.01215277778. The factor is rounded to 10 significant digits. To go the other way, multiply maunds by 82.28571429 (rounded).

maunds = pounds × 0.01215277778

Example: 10 pounds = 0.1215277778 maunds.

About these units

Pound (lb)

US & ImperialCurrent unit

Exactly 0.45359237 kg, divided into 16 ounces. The standard unit of weight in the US and common in the UK.

Why is pound abbreviated lb? The answer is Roman. The English word comes from the Latin libra pondo, roughly the weight measured in libra, and the symbol keeps the first word. The Roman libra was divided into 12 unciae. The avoirdupois pound of 16 ounces came into general use around 1300 and was initially equal to 6,992 troy grains; under Elizabeth I it was redefined as 7,000 grains. The UK's Weights and Measures Act 1878 set the imperial standard pound as a platinum cylinder, and the troy pound was abolished for trade the following year.

Today the pound is defined from the kilogram. The International Yard and Pound Agreement of 1959 fixed it at exactly 0.45359237 kg, and the UK's Weights and Measures Act 1963 wrote the same figure into law. Pounds remain the everyday unit for body weight, groceries and shipping in the United States and are widely used in the UK. The word also survives in odd places: a six-pounder cannon was named for the weight of its shot, not its own.

1 pound = 0.45359237 kilograms (exactly).

Sources: Wikipedia: Pound (mass); 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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