bigha
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The bigha or beegah (, , Bengali: বিঘা) is a traditional unit of measurement of area of a land, commonly used in northern & eastern India, Bangladesh and Nepal. There is no "standard" size of bigha and it varies considerably from place to place.
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- Sub-unit
- Uses in India
- Assam (অসম)
- Bihar
- Himachal Pradesh
- Punjab
- Madhya Pradesh
- Rajasthan
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
- West Bengal
- Uses in Bangladesh
- Measurements of area
- Use in Nepal
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
The bigha or beegah (, , Bengali: বিঘা) is a traditional unit of measurement of area of a land, commonly used in northern & eastern India, Bangladesh and Nepal. There is no "standard" size of bigha and it varies considerably from place to place.
On an average, Bigha ranges from to . Its sub-unit is Biswa or Katha in many regions, but it has no "standard" size. A bigha may have 5 to 20 Katha/ biswa in different regions, where 1 Katha is usually or 151.25 square yard.
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