In Nepal, some customary units of measurement are still used, although the metric system has been the official standard since 1968.
Length The kos (kosh, krosh, koss) is a very ancient measure of distance, measuring about 2.25 miles or 3.7 kilometres.
1 murii = approx. 0.75 inch 4 angul = 1 dharnugrah (bow grip) = 3 in 8 angul = 1 dhanurmushti (fist with thumb raised) = 6 in 12 angul = 1 vitastaa (span) = 9 in 2 vitastaa (cubit) = 18 in 1 haath = 1.5 ft. 1 dand or dhanush (bow) = 4 haath = 6 ft 2000 dand = 1 kos or Gorut = 4000 yards or 2.25 miles 4 kosh = 1 yojan = 9 mi = 14.48 km
Land area In Nepal, two types of unit systems are used for land area measurements. In hilly regions, ropani-aana-paisa-daam units are used, while in terai regions, bigha-kattha-dhur units measurements are used.
The precise land measurement conversions as per Nepal standard are as follows: Unitskhetmuribighakatthadhurropaniaanapaisadamsq.feetsq.meterkhetmuri11.87791495237.55829904751.1659808254001600640013690012718.42618bigha0.53250547812040013.31263696213.0021914852.00876553408.035062729006772.631616kattha0.0266252740.051200.66563184810.6501095742.60043828170.40175313645338.6315808dhur0.0013312640.00250.0510.0332815920.5325054782.1300219148.520087655182.2516.93157904ropani0.040.0751165981.50233196230.04663923116642565476508.737047aana0.00250.0046947870.0938957481.8779149520.06251416342.2531.79606544paisa0.0006250.0011736970.0234739370.4694787380.0156250.251485.56257.94901636dam0.000156250.0002934240.0058684840.1173696840.003906250.06250.25121.3906251.98725409sq. feet7.3046E-061.37174E-050.0002743480.0054869680.0001826150.0029218410.0116873630.04674945210.09290304sq. meter7.86261E-050.0001476530.0029530620.0590612370.0019656520.0314504320.1258017290.50320691510.763910421 In a nutshell, the following is a partial list of everyday units used to calculate land area in Nepal."Land measurement units in Nepal" October, 2014
1 Khetmuri = 25 Ropani 1 Bigha (बिघा) = 20 Kattha (कठ्ठा) = 6772.63 m2 = 72900 sq.ft. = 13.31 Ropani 1 Katha (कठ्ठा) = 20 Dhur (धुर) = 338.63 m2 = 3645 sq.ft. 1 Dhur (धुर) = 16 Kanwa (कनवा) = 16.93 m2 = 182.25 sq.ft. 1 Ropani (रोपनी) = 16 Aana (आना) = 64 Paisa (पैसा) = 508.72 m2 = 5476 sq.ft. = 256 Daam (दाम) = 4 llka 1 Aana (आना)= 4 Paisa (पैसा) = 31.80 m2 = 342.25 sq. ft. = 16 Daam (दाम) 1 Paisa (पैसा) = 4 Daam (दाम) = 7.95 m2 = 85.56 sq. ft. 1 Daam (दाम) = 1.99 m2 = 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 mountainous regions.
Terai region In the Terai region, the southern parts of Nepal, the customary units are those used elsewhere in South Asia: 1 katha = 20 dhur 1 bigha = 20 katha
Hilly and mountainous regions A different system is used in hilly regions: 1 paisa = 4 dam (daam) 1 ana (aana) = 4 paisa 1 ropani = 16 ana
Conversions 1 ropani = 74 feet × 74 feet 1 bigha = 13 Ropani 5 Anna 1 kattha = 442 square yards or 338 square meters
Volume 10 Mutthi (fistful) = 1 Mana 8 Mana = 1 Pathi (4.54596L) 20 Pathi = 1 Muri
See also List of customary units of measurement in South Asia
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