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  2. Measurement of land in Punjab - Wikipedia

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    A commonly used land measurement unit in Punjab is karam or square karam. [ 3] Other units include the Sarsai and units listed. [ 4] This the current system of measurement of farm land. All Units. 1 karam × 1 karam = 1 sq. karam. 5.5 feet × 5.5 feet = 30.25 sq. feet. 30.25 square feet = 1 Sarsai.

  3. Gunter's chain - Wikipedia

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    Gunter's chain (also known as Gunter's measurement) is a distance-measuring device used for surveying. It was designed and introduced in 1620 by English clergyman and mathematician Edmund Gunter (1581–1626). It enabled plots of land to be accurately surveyed and plotted, for legal and commercial purposes. Gunter developed an actual measuring ...

  4. Gunta - Wikipedia

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    The gunta or guntha is a measure of area used in the Indian subcontinent, predominantly used in some South Asian countries. This unit is typically used to measure the size of a piece of land.

  5. Chain (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The chain (abbreviated ch) is a unit of length equal to 66 feet (22 yards ), used in both the US customary and Imperial unit systems. It is subdivided into 100 links. [1] [2] There are 10 chains in a furlong, and 80 chains in one statute mile. [2] In metric terms, it is 20.1168 m long. [2] By extension, chainage (running distance) is the ...

  6. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

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    In the metric system, the mass per unit area of all types of textiles is expressed in grams per square metre (g/m 2 ). The gram (alternative spelling: gramme; SI unit symbol: g) is a metric system unit of mass. A gram is defined as one thousandth of the SI base unit, the kilogram, or 1 × 10−3 kg.

  7. Square mile - Wikipedia

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    3.0976 × 106 sq yd. 640 acres. SI units. 2.59 × 106 m2. 2.59 km2. The square mile (abbreviated as sq mi and sometimes as mi2) [ 1] is an imperial and US unit of measure for area. One square mile is equal to the area of a square with each side measuring a length of one mile. [ 2]

  8. Square metre - Wikipedia

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    Square metre. The square metre ( international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or square meter ( American spelling) is the unit of area in the International System of Units (SI) with symbol m2. [ 1] It is the area of a square with sides one metre in length. Adding and subtracting SI prefixes creates ...

  9. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    The nanometre ( SI symbol: nm) is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 10−9 metres ( ⁠ 1 1 000 000 000⁠ m = 0.000 000 001 m ). To help compare different orders of magnitude, this section lists lengths between 10 −9 and 108 m (1 nm and 10 nm). 1 nm – diameter of a carbon nanotube.