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About Acre
Symbol :ac
Unit of:
Area
Unit system:
US customary units, Imperial units
Acre, a unit
of land measurement in the Imperial and United States Customary systems,
equaling 43,560 square feet or 4,840 square yards. The name 'acre' comes from
Old English acre and is akin to Latin ager (“field”). Since usually a
"day's work" was reckoned at 5-6 miles for one yoke of oxen to plow,
it comes as no surprise that one acre was about the amount of land one could
till in a day.
Several
countries in Europe have used official decimalized versions of the acre
throughout history. In France, the imperial acre was only used in Normandy while
its value varied greatly across that region due to multiple factors including
topography and historic farming methods. The most common variation during this
period was between 3,600 to 9,700 square meters but 8,200 square meters was the
most usual value throughout Normandy. Throughout different regions within
Normandy though, there were agricultural differences, especially during the 19th
century.
Dimensions of Acre
|
1 Acre |
43,560 square feet |
|
1 Acre |
4,047 square meters |
|
1 Acre |
0.4047 hectares |
|
1 Acre |
4,840 square yards |
|
1 Acre |
1/640th of a square mile |
|
1 Acre |
1.613 bigha |
|
1 Acre |
0.00404 square kilometer |
|
1 Acre |
4840.046 gaj |
|
1 Acre |
40 guntha |
In India,
residential plots are measured in square feet while agricultural land is
measured in acres or hectares. However, bigha is a unit that is used more
locally and is therefore usually associated with the northern part of the
country. Since bigha denotes different measurements in different states and
regions, the bigha-acre conversion would show varying values depending on where
the land was located.
Related Conversion - Acre and Square Centimeter
Quick Converter
| Biswa to Acre | Bigha to Acre |
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| Murabba to Acre | Square Feet to Acre |
| Square Yard to Acre | Ghunta to Acre |
| Kanal to Acre |
