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Land Calculation and Measurements Units of Bangladesh
Bangladesh, a land of rivers and deltas, is a country defined by its diverse and intricate landscapes. With agriculture being a cornerstone of its economy, accurate measurement and calculation of land area hold immense significance. From determining property boundaries to agricultural planning and urban development, understanding how to calculate and measure land area is pivotal. In this article, we delve into the methods and considerations involved in this process within the context of Bangladesh.
The Importance of Land Measurement: In Bangladesh, where land is a precious and limited resource, the accurate measurement of land area is essential for various purposes, including:
1. Legal Documentation: Land ownership and property rights hinge on precise measurements. Legal documents such as deeds, titles, and leases require accurate representations of land area to avoid disputes and ensure fair transactions.
2. Agricultural Planning: With a significant portion of the population engaged in agriculture, farmers rely on precise land measurements for crop planning, irrigation, and resource allocation. Accurate measurements enable efficient land use, maximizing agricultural productivity.
3. Urban Development: In rapidly growing urban areas like Dhaka and Chittagong, proper land measurement is crucial for urban planning, infrastructure development, and zoning regulations. It helps in delineating residential, commercial, and industrial areas, guiding sustainable urban growth.
Methods of Land Measurement in Bangladesh: Several methods are employed for calculating land area in Bangladesh, depending on factors such as the terrain, purpose of measurement, and available resources. Some common methods include:
1. Traditional Methods: Historically, farmers in Bangladesh used traditional methods such as “Kathas” and “Bighas” for land measurement. These units, although still prevalent in some rural areas, are gradually being replaced by standardized units for legal and administrative purposes.
2. Modern Surveying Techniques: Surveying techniques such as Total Station Surveying and Global Positioning System (GPS) are increasingly used for precise measurements, especially in urban and peri-urban areas. These methods provide accurate data essential for land administration and development projects.
3. Satellite Imagery and Remote Sensing: With advancements in technology, satellite imagery and remote sensing have become valuable tools for land measurement and monitoring. Satellite data can accurately estimate land area, detect changes over time, and inform decision-making processes related to land management and environmental conservation.
Challenges and Considerations: Despite the availability of modern techniques, land measurement in Bangladesh is not without challenges. Some key considerations include:
1. Encroachment and Boundary Disputes: Encroachment on public lands and disputes over property boundaries are common issues, particularly in densely populated areas. Resolving such conflicts requires accurate land surveys and legal intervention.
2. Informal Land Tenure: A significant portion of land in Bangladesh is under informal tenure arrangements, making it challenging to establish clear ownership and boundaries. Formalizing land tenure systems is crucial for sustainable land management and equitable development.
3. Data Accessibility and Capacity Building: Access to reliable data and trained professionals in land surveying and mapping is essential for effective land governance. Investments in technology, training, and institutional capacity building are necessary to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of land measurement processes.
In Bangladesh, where land serves as the foundation of livelihoods and development, the accurate measurement of land area is paramount. From legal documentation to agricultural planning and urban development, precise land measurement underpins various aspects of socio-economic progress. Embracing modern surveying techniques, addressing existing challenges, and fostering collaboration between government agencies, communities, and technology providers are essential steps toward enhancing land governance and ensuring sustainable land use in Bangladesh.
Determining and Assessing Land Area in Bangladesh
Formula of Paki, Bigha and Decimal:
1. 1 Paki = 1 Bigha = 33 Decimal
2. 1 Decimal = 1 Shotangsho (Shotok) = 435.6 Sq Feet (approx)
3. 1 Kattah (or Cottah) = 1.65 Shotangsho (approx)
4. 1 Katha = 165 Ojutangsho (approx)
5. 1 Shotangsho = 100 Ojutangsho
6. 1 Katha = 720 Sq Feet (approx)
7. 20 Katha = 1 Bigha
8. 3 Bighas = 1 Acre approx. (1600 square yards)
9. 4 Kora = 1 Gonda
10. 20 Gonda = 1 Kani
11. 80 Kora = 1 Kani
12. 120 Decimal = 1 Kani
Formula of Square Feet and Kani:
1. 17280 Square Feet = 1 Kani
2. 1619 Square Meter = 1 Kani
3. 40000 Square Links = 1 Kani
4. 7680 Square Hat = 1 Kani
5. 1936 Bargogoz = 1 Kani
6. 40 Acore = 1 Kani
Formula of 8 Hat nol :
12 Nol * 10 Nol = 120 Bargonol
Kani and Gonda as square feet:
1. 17280 Square Feet = 1 Kani = 20 Gonda ( Measurement of 8 Hat nol )
2. 864 Square Feet = 1 Gonda = 4 Kora
3. 216 Square Feet = 1 Kora = 3 Kransti/Kontho
4. 72 Square Feet = 1 Kransti = 20 Til
5. 3.6 Square Feet = 1 Til
Formula of Square Feet and Acore:
1. 1 Chain = 66 Feet
2. 10 Square Chain = (66*660) or 1 Acore = 43560 Square Feet
3. 1 Acore or 100 Shotok = 43200 Square Feet
Formula of Square Link, Acore and Shotok:
1. 1 Chain = 100 Link, So 1 Square Chain = 100*1000 =100,000 Square Link = 1 Acore
2. 1 Acore Or 100 Shotok = 1,00,000 Square Link
3. 1 Shotok = 1,000 Square Link
4. 100 Link = 66 Feet
Formula of Kani and Gonda as Square Link:
1. 1 Kani Or 20 Gonda = 40,000 Square Link
2. 1 Gonda Or 4 Kora = 2000 Square Link
3. 1 Kora Or 3 Kanti = 500 Square Link
4. 1 Kranti Or 20 Til = 160.66 Square Link
5. 1 Til = 8.33 Square Link
Formula of 8 Hat Nol as Square Hat:
1. 1 Kani Or 20 Gaz/Yard = 7680 Bargo Hat
2. 1 Gonda Ot 4 Kora = 384 Bargo Hat
3. 1 Kora Or 3 Kanti = 96 Bargo Hat
4. 1 Kranti Or 20 Til = 32 Bargo Hat
5. 1 Til = 1.6 Bargo Hat
Formula of Kani and Gondar fo 8 Hat Nol as Square Feet:
1. 1 Kani Or 20 Gonda = 17280 Square Feet
2. 1 Gonda Or 4 Kora = 864 Square Feet
3. 1 Kora Or 3 Kontho/Kranti = 216 Square Feet
4. 1 Kontho Or 6 Donto = 72 Square Feet
5. 1 Dondho Or 7 Dhul = 12 Square Feet
6. 1 Dhul Or 30 Renu = 1.71 Square Feet
7. 1 Renu = 0.057 Square Feet
Formula of Kani and Gondar as Bargo Gaz/Yard:
1. 1 Kani Or 20 Gonda = 1936 Bargo Gaz (Square Yard)
2. 1 Gonda Or 4 Kora = 96.8 Bargo Gaz (Square Yard)
3. 1 Kora Or 3 Kranti = 24.2 Bargo Gaz (Square Yard)
4. 1 Kranti Or 20 Til = 8.06 Bargo Gaz (Square Yard)
5. 1 Til = 0.40 Bargo Gaz (Square Yard)
Formula of Kani and Gondar as Square Meter:
1. (40.47 * Meter * 39.67 = 1605 Square Meter)
2. 1 Kani Or 20 Gonda = 1605 Square Meter
3. 1 Gonda Or 4 Kora = 80.25 Square Meter
4. 1 Kora Or 3 Kranti = 20.06 Square Meter
5. 1 Kranti Or 20 Til = 6.68 Square Meter
6. 1 Til = .334 Square Meter
Formula of Acore and Shotok:
1. Length 10 Chain * Width 1 Chain = 10 Square Chain = 1 Acore
2. 1 Chain = 66 Feet = 44 Hat = 22 Gaz/Yard = 20.12 Meter = 792 Inchi = 100 Link
3. 1 Acore = 10 Square Chain
4. 1 Acore = 100 Shotok
5. 1 Acore = 43560 Square Feet
6. 1 Acore = 19360 Square Hat
7. 1 Acore = 4840 Borgo Gaz (Square Yard)
8. 1 Acore = 4047 Square Meter
9. 1 Acore = 1,00,000 Square Link
10. 1 Acore = 3 Bigha 8 Chotak
11. 1 Acore = 60.5 Kattah
12. 1 Acore = 2 Kani 10 Gonda (Accoding to 40 Shotok Kani)
13. 1 Acore = 432.6 Square Feet
14. 1 Acore = 1 Gonda
Formula of Acore and Shotok as Square Link:
1. 1 Chain = 100 Link
2. 1 Square Chain = 100 * 1000 = 1,00,000 Square Link = 1 Acore
3. 1 Acore Or 100 Shotok = 1,00,000 Square Link
Formula of Acore and Shotok as Square Feet:
1. 1 Chain = 66 Feet
2. 10 Square Chain = 66 * 66
3. Or 1 Acore Or 100 Shotok = 43569 Square Feet
4. 1 Shotok = 435.6 Square Feet
Formula of Kani and Gonda as Acore and Shotok:
1. 1 Shotok = 435.6 Square Feet
2. 1 Kani Or 40 Shotok = 435.6 * 40 = 17424 Square Feet
3. 1 Kani Or 20 Gonda = 17424 Square Feet
4. 1 Gonda Or 4 Kora = 871.2 Square Feet
5. 1 Kora Or 3 Kranti = 217.8 Square Feet
6. 1 Kranti Or 20 Til = 72.6 Square Feet
7. 1 Til = 3.63 Square Feet
Formula of Acore and Shotok as Borgo Hat:
1. 1 Chain = 88 Hat
2. 10 Square chain = 44 * 440 = 19360 Borgo Hat (1 Acre)
3. 1 Acre Or 100 Shotok = 19360 Borgo Hat
4. 1 Shotok = 193.6 Borgo Hat
5. 40 Shotok Or Kani = 193.6 * 40 = 7744 Square Hat
Formula of Acore and Shotok as Borgo Gaz/Yard:
1. 1 Chain = 22 Gaz/Yard
2. 10 Square Chain Or 1 Acre = 220 * 22 = 4840 Borgo Gaz (Square Yard)
3. 1 Acre Or 100 Shotok = 4840 Square Gaz
4. 1 Shotok = 48.40 Barogo Gaz
5. 1 Kani Or 40 Borgo Gaz/ Square Yard = 48.40 * 40 = 1936 Bargo Gaz (Square Yard)
Formula of Acore and Shotok as Square Meter:
1. 1 Chain = 2012 Meter
2. 10 Square Chain Or 1 Acre = 201.2 * 20.12 = 4047 Square Meter
3. 1 Acre Or 100 Shotok = 4047 Square Meter
4. 1 Shotok = 40.47 Square Meter
Formula of Bigha and Kattah:
1. 1 Bigha = 80 Hat
2. 1 Bigha = 80 * 80 6400 Square Hat
3. 1 Bigha = 20 Kattah
4. 1 Bigha = 33 Shotok
5. 1 Bigha = 33000 Square Link
6. 1 Bigha = 6400 Square Hat
7. 1 Bigha = 1600 Borgo Gaz (Square Yard)
8. 1 Bigha = 14400 Square Feet
9. 1 Bigha = 1338 Square Meter
10. 1 Bigha = 16 Gonda 2 Kora 2 Kranti
Formula of Bargohat and Bigha:
1. 1 Bigha or 20 Kattah = 6400 Bargohat (Square Hat)
2. 1 Kattah or 16 Chotak = 320 Bargohat (Square Hat)
3. 1 Chotak = 320 Bargohat (Square Hat)
Formula of Bigha and Kattah:
1. 4 Kak = 1 Kora
2. 4 Kora = 1 Gonda
3. 16 Chotak = 1 Kattah
4. 20 Kattah = 1 Bigha
5. 20 Gonda = 1 Chotak
6. 6 Bigha = 1 Gonda
Formula of Bigha, Kattah and Hat:
1. 1 Bigha or 20 Kattah = 80 Hat
2. 1 Kattah or 16 Chotak = 4 Hat
3. 1 Chotak or 20 Gonda = .25 Hat
4. 1 Gonda or 4 Kora = .0125 Hat
5. 1 Kora or 4 Kak = .0031 Hat
6. 1 Kak = .0007 Hat
Formula of Bargolink/Square link, Bigha:
1. 1 Bigha or 20 Kattah = 33000 Bargolink/Square link
2. 1 Kattah or 16 Chotak = 1650 Bargolink/Square link
3. 1 Chotak = 103.125 Bargolink/Square link
Formula of Bargofut/Square Feet and Bigha:
1. 1 Bigha or 20 Kattah = 14,400 Bargofut/Square feet
2. 1 Kattah or 16 Chotak = 720 Bargofut/Square feet
3. 1 Chotak = 45 Bargofut/Square feet
Formula of Bargogaz/Square Yard and Bigha:
1. 1 Bigha or 20 Kattah = 1600 Bargogaz/Square yard
2. 1 Kattah or 16 Chotak = 80 Bargogaz/Square yard
3. 1 Chotak = 5 Bargogaz/Square yard
Formula of Bargometer/Square meter and Bigha:
1. 1 Bigha or 20 Kattah = 1338 Bargometer/Square meter
2. 1 Kattah or 16 Chotak = 66.9 Bargometer/Square meter
3. 1 Chotak = 4.18 Bargometer/Square meter
Formula of Ayer/ayor and Hector:
1. 1 Hector = 10,000 Bargometer/Square meter
2. 1 Hector = 11960 Bargogaz/Square yard
3. 1 Hector = 2.47 Acre
4. 1 Hector = 100 Ayer
5. 1 Ayer = 28.9 Bigha (Approx)
Formula of Bargometer/square meter, Ayer and Hector:
1. 1 Hector or 100 Ayer = 10,000 Bargometer/Square meter
2. 1 Ayer = 100 Bargometer/Square meter
3. Formula of Shotok, Ayer and Hector:
4. 147.105 Shotok = 1 Hector or 100 Ayer
5. 247.105 Shotok = 1 Ayer
Formula of Bargohat, Ayer and Hector:
1. 4789.528 Bargohat/Square Hat = 1 Hector
2. 478.39528 Borgohat = 1 Ayer
Formula of Bargofut, Ayer and Hector:
1. 107639 Bargofut/Square feet = 1 Hector or 100 Ayer
2. 1076.39 Bargofut/Square feet = 1 Ayer
Formula of Square Yard/ Bargogaz, Ayer and Hector:
1. 11959.882 Gaz/Yard = 1 Hector or 100 Ayer
2. 119.59882 Gaz/Yard = 1 Ayer
Formula of Bigha, Kattah, Ayer and Hector:
1. 7.47494 Bigha = 1 Hector or 100 Ayer
2. 0.0747494 Bigha = 1 Ayer
More measurement units:
1. 1 Kattah = 1.65 Shotangsho (approx)
2. 1 Kattah = 165 Ojutangsho (approx)
3. 1 Bigha = 33 Shotangsho
Land Unit Bangladesh, Vhumi, Jami, Dolil, BD Land Unit
