Bigha to square feet in Rajasthan: 132-foot chain (1957 rules)

1 Bigha = 17424 square feet

Appendix I of the Rajasthan Land Revenue (Land Records) Rules, 1957 lists a 132-foot chain (Gantari Jarib) for areas such as former Jodhpur State areas in Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore and Nagaur, and former Bharatpur, Jaisalmer, Sirohi, Dungarpur, Banswara, Kotah and Jhalawar State areas. One chain by one chain is one Bigha: 132 × 132 feet = 17,424 square feet, or 2½ Bighas per acre. Other areas of Rajasthan use other chain lengths, so match the scale on your record, not the district alone.

Calculate using this scale

Where does this scale apply?

One chain by one chain: 132 x 132 feet = 17,424 sq ft per Bigha, 2 1/2 Bighas per acre. Use only if your record is in Bighas on this 132-foot scale.
Other former-state areas in the same districts use other lengths, such as Jaipur and Tonk areas at 165 feet. Udaipur and Bikaner-area rows are not mapped here. Biswa subdivisions are outside this choice.
Scope overlap: this scope includes former Jodhpur State areas in Nagaur, the district listed for the Didwana 2020 project convention, whose Bigha (about 2,508 sq m) is about 55% larger than this one. Match the Bigha size on your record; see discrepancy RJ-NAGAUR-DIDWANA-SCOPE-OVERLAP.

Match the measurement scale on your registry or Jamabandi. A familiar unit name can represent different areas in different places.

How to convert

Area in square feet = amount in Bigha × 17424.

Example: 5 Bigha × 17424 = 87120 square feet.

To convert back, divide the number of square feet by 17424.

Conversion table

Bigha → square feet
Bigha	square feet
1 Bigha	17424 square feet
2 Bigha	34848 square feet
5 Bigha	87120 square feet
10 Bigha	174240 square feet
20 Bigha	348480 square feet
100 Bigha	1742400 square feet

Sources and definitions

MDDS Demographic v1.1, Annexure IV, CD00.01, Table 1.3
Government of India; measurement directory attributed to Department of Land Records
PDF p.141, Table 1.3 continued
Rajasthan Land Revenue (Land Records) Rules, 1957, Appendix I to Part I: Statement showing the Land Measures in Different Units of Rajasthan
Government of Rajasthan, Revenue Department
Appendix I to Part I, column 4, PDF pp.56-58; N.B. on PDF p.58; rule 70 on PDF p.23; Appendix I to Part I, column 5, PDF pp.56-58
Handbook 44 (2026), Appendix C: General Tables of Units of Measurement
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Appendix C, printed C-23 / PDF p.23

Document titles retain their original language. Source verification establishes the named definition; it does not certify which scale your land record uses.

Bigha to square feet in Rajasthan: 132-foot chain (1957 rules)

Where does this scale apply?

How to convert

Conversion table

Sources and definitions

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