The bigha is a unit of measurement of area of a land, commonly used in Nepal, Bangladeshand in a few states of India. The precise size of a bigha appears to vary considerably. Sources have given measurements that range from 1,500 to 6,771 square meters, but in several smaller pockets, it is as high as 12,400 square meters.
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3.Kolkata is in India, where 1 bigha = 0.33 acres, so 1 acre is almost exactly 3 bigha
1 Bigha = 1,369 m2
A bigha is not a standard measure. It can be as small as 600 sq feet in Madhya Pradesh or as large as 9150625 in Central India - much the same part of the country!
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A bigha is a unit of area; so you want to know squareyards. The bigha varies from place to place, so the best thing is to call, write, fax or email the municipality or state government surveyor or land-office and receive an official answer. The bigha-size in Uttrakhand may not be the same as in Himachal Pradesh, etc.The answer I got for Uttrakhand was 968 square yards per bigha, but that's not from an official source. See also the attached Related Links.