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  2. Acre - Wikipedia

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    One acre equals 1 ⁄ 640 (0.0015625) square mile, 4,840 square yards, 43,560 square feet, [2] or about 4,047 square metres (0.4047 hectares) (see below).While all modern variants of the acre contain 4,840 square yards, there are alternative definitions of a yard, so the exact size of an acre depends upon the particular yard on which it is based.

  3. Acre-foot - Wikipedia

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    As the name suggests, an acre-foot is defined as the volume of one acre of surface area to a depth of one foot.. Since an acre is defined as a chain by a furlong (i.e. 66 ft × 660 ft or 20.12 m × 201.17 m), an acre-foot is 43,560 cubic feet (1,233.5 m 3).

  4. Tamil units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    1 வீசம் (vīsam) = 36 sq ft; 303 குழி (kuḻi) = 100 cents; 1 குழி (kuḻi) = 144 சதுர அடி (144 sq ft = 12 ft x 12 ft) 1 மா (mā) = 100 குழி (kuḻi) 1 காணி (kāṇi) = 4 மா (mā) 1 வேலி (vēļi) = 5 காணி (kāṇi) 1 தாக்கு (thakku) = 7.56 சதுர ...

  5. Nepalese customary units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    1 Paisa (पैसा) = 4 Daam (दाम) = 7.95 m 2 = 85.56 sq. ft. 1 Daam (दाम) = 1.99 m 2 = 21.39 sq. ft. The units of measurement of area of land depends on the part of the country where they are being used, with the Bigha-Katha-Dhur measurements common in the Terai region while the Ropani-Aana measurements are common in hilly and ...

  6. Measurement of land in Punjab - Wikipedia

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    A killa or acre is measured rectangularly, reckoned as an area 36 karams (198 ft) x 40 karams (220 ft) (43,560 square ft). 1 /5th of a killa or acre is known as bigha 1 Karam = 5.5 feet = 1.83; or Gaj; 1 Yard or Gaj = 36 Inch = 0.91 Metre = 3 feet; 1 Sq Yard = 9 Sq Feet; To convert Sq feet to Sq Yard = Divide by 9

  7. Rod (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The rod is useful as a unit of length because integer multiples of it can form one acre of square measure (area). The 'perfect acre' [2] is a rectangular area of 43,560 square feet, bounded by sides 660 feet (a furlong) long and 66 feet (a chain) wide (220 yards by 22 yards) or, equivalently, 40 rods by 4 rods. An acre is therefore 160 square ...

  8. Sri Lankan units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    One ammonam was equal to 203.4 L. [1] One parrah = 1 ⁄ 8 ammonam, oneseer = 1 ⁄ 288 ammonam and the chundoo was equal to nearly half a pint. [2] Maccauly stated in 1818 that to the north of Colombo an Ammonam contained 16 Parahs, and 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 Ammonams equalled one Acre, but that to the south there were 8 Parahs to the Ammonam.

  9. Traditional French units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    ~1527 sq yd A square 5 perches on each side, or one quarter of an acre. acre, or arpent carré: 48 400 ~5107 m 2 ~6108 sq yd, or ~1.262 acres The French acre is a square 10 perches (one arpent) on each side. (Does not exactly correspond to the English acre, which is defined as 43 560 square feet.) North America: perche du roi carrée: 324 ~34. ...