How many square feet are in a kanal?

One kanal is 5,445 square feet under the standard system used across most of Pakistan and Indian Punjab. That figure equals 20 marla of 272.25 square feet each, or 605 square yards. To go the other way, divide any square-foot area by 5,445 to get the size in kanal.

How many marla are in a kanal?

One kanal is exactly 20 marla. Since a standard marla is 272.25 square feet, 20 marla give 5,445 square feet. So 10 marla is half a kanal (2,722.5 sq ft) and 5 marla is a quarter kanal (1,361.25 sq ft).

How many kanal make an acre?

One kanal is about 0.125 acre — one-eighth — so roughly 8 kanal make a full acre. An acre is 43,560 square feet and a kanal is 5,445 square feet, and 43,560 ÷ 5,445 equals exactly 8. Many revenue systems formalise this as 8 kanal to the acre.

How do I convert square feet to kanal?

Divide the area in square feet by 5,445. For example, 5,445 sq ft is 1 kanal, 10,890 sq ft is 2 kanal, and 2,722.5 sq ft is 0.5 kanal. For a rectangular plot, first multiply length by width in feet, then divide the result by 5,445.

Square Feet to Kanal Converter

Square feet	5,445
Square meters	505.857
Square yards	605
Square inches	784,08
Acres	0.125
Hectares	0.05059
Marla	2
Kanal	1
Gaz (sq yard)	605

Formel & Anleitung

So wird gerechnet

Kanal is a fixed land unit, so the conversion is a simple division. The standard kanal is built from 20 marla of 272.25 sq ft each, which gives exactly 5,445 square feet.

1Start with the plot area in square feet (length × width if you're measuring a rectangle).
2Divide the square footage by 5,445 — the number of square feet in one kanal.
3The result is the plot size in kanal (e.g. 8,167.5 ÷ 5,445 = 1.5 kanal).
4To read the remainder in marla, multiply the fractional part by 20 (0.5 kanal = 10 marla).

2,722.5 sq ft (10 marla)	0.5 kanal
5,445 sq ft (20 marla)	1 kanal
10,890 sq ft	2 kanal
21,780 sq ft	4 kanal

Genauigkeit & Annahmen

Uses the standard kanal of 5,445 square feet, based on a marla of 272.25 sq ft.
1 kanal is defined as exactly 20 marla, the sub-unit most plots are quoted in.
One kanal is about 0.125 acre (one-eighth), so 8 kanal make roughly 1 acre.
Regional variance exists — some districts use a smaller marla, so confirm the local standard for legal documents.

Wichtige Tipps & Regeln

1 kanal = 5,445 square feet (the standard used across most of Pakistan and Indian Punjab).
1 kanal = 605 square yards (gaz), the unit many property listings display.
1 kanal = 20 marla, so 10 marla is half a kanal and 5 marla is a quarter.
1 kanal ≈ 505.86 square metres ≈ 0.125 acre (one-eighth of an acre).

What is a kanal and how it relates to square feet

The kanal is a traditional unit of land area used across Pakistan and the northern Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh. Under the standard system, one kanal is 5,445 square feet, which is identical to 20 marla, 605 square yards, or about 505.86 square metres. It is one of the most common ways property is bought, sold, and registered in the region, so being able to move between square feet and kanal is essential when reading listings or land records.

The number 5,445 is not arbitrary — it comes from the marla, the smaller unit that makes up a kanal. The standard marla is 272.25 square feet, and 20 marla multiplied by 272.25 gives exactly 5,445 square feet. Because the relationship is fixed, converting square feet to kanal is just division: take the area in square feet and divide by 5,445.

How to convert square feet to kanal step by step

Suppose you have a rectangular plot that measures 90 feet by 60.5 feet. Multiply the two sides to get the area: 90 × 60.5 = 5,445 square feet, which divides by 5,445 to give exactly 1 kanal. A larger plot of 10,890 square feet divides to 2 kanal, and a 2,722.5 square-foot plot comes out to 0.5 kanal, or 10 marla. When the answer is not a whole number, the fractional part converts to marla by multiplying by 20 — so 1.25 kanal is 1 kanal and 5 marla.

This makes kanal easy to slot alongside other land units. One kanal is roughly one-eighth of an acre, so eight kanal fill about a full acre. If you already think in acres for farmland, dividing the acre figure by eight gives you a quick kanal estimate, while the square-foot route above gives the precise number.

Watch for regional variations

While 5,445 square feet per kanal is the standard across most of Pakistan and Indian Punjab, the marla was historically tied to local measuring rods, so a few districts still use a smaller marla of around 225 square feet. In those areas a kanal works out closer to 4,500 square feet. Some regions also express land as 8 kanal to the acre, which matches the one-eighth relationship. For casual comparison the standard 5,445 figure is reliable, but for legal transfers, mutations, or revenue records, always confirm the marla value used by the local land authority before converting.

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