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  2. Cent (area) - Wikipedia

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    The cent is a customary unit of measurement still used in some parts of southern Indian states such as Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka despite the usual use of metric units for other instances. One cent is defined as an area of 100 of an acre (40.5 m 2; 435.6 sq ft). It is still used in many news reports [1] and real ...

  3. Tamil units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The Tamil units of measurement is a system of measurements that was traditionally used in ancient Tamil -speaking parts of South India . These ancient measurement systems spanned systems of counting, distances, volumes, time, weight as well as tools used to do so. While modern India uses the metric system International System of Units (Tamil ...

  4. Ankanam - Wikipedia

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    An Ankanam is a unit of measure similar to an acre. It is used mainly in regions of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, Nellore, Anekal, Bengaluru and Tirupati. An Ankanam is measured as 72 sq ft (6.7 m 2 ), (mostly in the Nellore District) and, in some places (such as Tirupati ), 36 sq ft (3.3 m 2 ). In Nellore, one acre equals 605 Ankanams, and 1 ...

  5. Rod (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool [1] and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units it is defined as 161⁄2 feet, equal to exactly 1⁄320 of a mile, or 51⁄2 yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain ), and is exactly 5.0292 meters.

  6. Katha (unit) - Wikipedia

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    In Bihar, one Katha may vary from 720 to 3,267 square feet (ft 2). 1 Bigha = 20 Katha. One katha is divided in 20 dhur. One dhur is subdivided in 20 dhurki. The origin of the term and measurement unit was during the Pala Empire. 1 Decimal = 435.6 square feet & 1 Acre = 100 decimal. In Patna & Arrah, 1 Katha is equal to 1,361.25 ft 2 or 3.125 ...

  7. Square foot - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of 1 square foot with some Imperial and metric units of area. The square foot (pl. square feet; abbreviated sq ft, sf, or ft 2; also denoted by ' 2 and ⏍) is an imperial unit and U.S. customary unit (non-SI, non-metric) of area, used mainly in the United States and partially in Canada, the United Kingdom, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Ghana, Liberia, Malaysia, Myanmar ...

  8. Gunta - Wikipedia

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    This unit is typically used to measure the size of a piece of land. In India. 1 anna = 7.5624 square yards = 6.3232 square metres;

  9. Taiwanese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The principal unit of land measure is 甲 ( Taiwanese Hokkien: kah, Hakka: kap, Mandarin: jiǎ). The unit is derived from the obsolete Dutch morgen, which was introduced during Taiwan's Dutch era. In the later era Kingdom of Tungning, 犁 ( Taiwanese Hokkien: lê, Hakka: lài, Mandarin: lí) is defined to represent the area that could be farmed ...