A katha (also spelled kattha or cottah;
Hindi: कट्ठा kaṭṭhā,
Assamese
Assamese may refer to:
* Assamese people, a socio-ethnolinguistic identity of north-eastern India
* People of Assam, multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic and multi-religious people of Assam
* Assamese language, one of the easternmost Indo-Aryan language ...
: কঠা kotha,
Bengali: কাঠা kaṭha) is a unit of area mostly used for land measure in
Eastern India
East India is a region of India consisting of the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha
and West Bengal and also the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The region roughly corresponds to the historical region of Magadha fr ...
,
Nepal, and
Bangladesh. After
metrication in the mid-20th century by both countries, the unit became officially obsolete. But this unit is still in use in much of Bangladesh, Eastern India and Nepal.
The measurement of katha varies significantly from place to place.
In Gorakhpur state 1 katha = 1361 sqft. The length of the area should be 40 ft and the breath should be 34.025 ft and length × breath = 1361 sqft.
In
Bangladesh, one katha is standardized to , and 20 katha equals 1
bigha
The bigha (also formerly beegah) is a traditional unit of measurement of area of a land, commonly used in India (including Uttarakhand, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam, Gujarat ...
.
* 1 Katha or Cottah (কাঠা) = 720 Sqr. Feet (approx) = 66.8902 Sqr. Meter = 1.65 Decimal (শতাংশ/শতক) approx
* 1 Bigha (বিঘা) = 20 Katha (কাঠা) = 14,400 square feet = 1320 square meter (approx)
* 1 Acre (একর) = 3.0245 Bigha (বিঘা) approx. = 1600 square yards
* 1 Hectare (হেক্টর) = 2.47 Acre (একর) = 7.47494 Bigha (বিঘা) = 100 Ayer (এয়র)
In
Nepal, it is equivalent to 338.63 m² (3,645 ft²).
In the Indian state of
Bihar, one katha may vary from 750 ft² to 2000 ft². Also this can be 32 by 30 feet in length and breadth respectively.
In
South Bihar
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west.
Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...
and
Patna, 1 Kattha is generally equal to 1361 ft². 20 Kathas equals 1
Bigha
The bigha (also formerly beegah) is a traditional unit of measurement of area of a land, commonly used in India (including Uttarakhand, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam, Gujarat ...
. One katha is further subdivided in 20 dhur. One dhur is further subdivided in 20 dhurki.
1 hectare= 2.4712 acre or 4 bighas approx; 1 acre = 1.6 bighas or 32 kathas; 1 bigha = 20 kathas; 1 katha = 20 dhoor; 1 dhoor = 6.25 or 6.5 haath; 1 katha = 4
decimal
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. In Aurangabad and Gaya, 1 Kattha is generally equal to 1361.25 ft². In Saran district 1 katha is equal to 4
decimal
The decimal numeral system (also called the base-ten positional numeral system and denary or decanary) is the standard system for denoting integer and non-integer numbers. It is the extension to non-integer numbers of the Hindu–Arabic numeral ...
(1
decimal
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in Bihar equals to 435.56 sq feet.).
In
Assam 1 Katha is generally equal to 2880 ft².
In
West Bengal 1 katha is equal to 720 ft².
The origin of the term and measurement unit was during the
Pala Empire.
See also
*
List of customary units of measurement in South Asia
*
Nepalese customary units of measurement
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 km ...
References
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Units of area
Customary units in India
Obsolete units of measurement
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