To convert ares to square feet, multiply by 1,076.39. One are is 100 square meters, which is 1,076.391 square feet, or 1,076.39 when rounded to two decimals.
What an are is
An are is a square that is 10 meters on each side. It sits in the middle of the metric land ladder:
- 1 square meter = 10.7639 square feet
- 100 square meters = 1 are = 1,076.39 square feet
- 100 ares = 1 hectare = 107,639.1 square feet
Because every step is a clean 100, ares are easy to work with once you know the one factor above. Note that "are" is a unit name here, not the English verb. The plural is ares.
How to convert ares to square feet
Square feet = ares × 1,076.391
Worked example: a land tax receipt shows 4.5 ares.
- 4.5 × 1,076.391 = 4,843.7597.
- Round: about 4,843.7597 square feet.
- Check through square meters: 4.5 ares is 450 square meters, and 450 × 10.7639 gives the same 4,843.76.
Where you will see ares in India
- Kerala: revenue records and land tax are worked out in ares, while people buy and sell in cents. One are is 2.4711 cents.
- Tamil Nadu: patta and chitta extracts show extent in hectare, are and square meter. An entry read as 0 hectare, 2 are, 50 square meters means 250 square meters, which is 2,690.98 square feet. It does not mean 2 acres.
- Metric records elsewhere: several states keep official area in hectares, and the are is simply one hundredth of a hectare.
Ares to square feet table
| Ares | Square feet | Square meters |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,076.39 | 100 |
| 2 | 2,152.78 | 200 |
| 3 | 3,229.17 | 300 |
| 5 | 5,381.96 | 500 |
| 8 | 8,611.13 | 800 |
| 10 | 10,763.91 | 1,000 |
| 20 | 21,527.82 | 2,000 |
| 25 | 26,909.78 | 2,500 |
| 50 | 53,819.55 | 5,000 |
| 100 | 107,639.1 | 10,000 |
Are to square feet table
| Are | Square feet |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1,076.39 |
| 2 | 2,152.78 |
| 3 | 3,229.17 |
| 4 | 4,305.56 |
| 5 | 5,381.96 |
| 6 | 6,458.35 |
| 8 | 8,611.13 |
| 10 | 10,763.91 |
| 15 | 16,145.87 |
| 20 | 21,527.82 |
| 25 | 26,909.78 |
| 40 | 43,055.64 |
| 50 | 53,819.55 |
| 100 | 1,07,639.1 |
Square feet to ares
Divide by 1,076.391. One square foot is about 0.000929 are. Some handy values:
- 1,000 square feet = 0.929 are
- 2,400 square feet (one Chennai ground) = 2.2297 are
- 43,560 square feet (one acre) = 40.4686 ares
Picture the size
A plot 32.8 ft by 32.8 ft is close to one are (1,075.84 sq ft against 1,076.39). Five ares, 5,381.96 square feet, is a little more than two Chennai grounds of 2,400 square feet each.
Tips for reading metric records
- Read the column headings. A record may split one figure into hectare, are and square meter parts.
- Convert the full figure to square meters first, then to square feet, so you round only once.
- For a sale, partition or court matter, confirm the extent with the village or taluk office and check the record of rights.
Related: are to acre, are to hectare and what is an are.
Questions people ask
1 ares to square feet?
1 are is 1,076.391 square feet, usually rounded to 1,076.39. It is a square 10 meters by 10 meters.
Are to sq ft for 10 ares?
10 ares is 10,763.91 square feet, which is 1,000 square meters or one tenth of a hectare.
Square feet to ares: how?
Divide square feet by 1,076.391. For example, 5,000 square feet is 4.6452 ares.
Is are the same as acre?
No. An acre is much larger: 1 acre is 40.4686 ares. One are is only 0.024711 acre.
Local units can differ inside a state. Before a sale, partition or court filing, confirm the unit with your tehsil, circle or revenue office and check the land record. How we check our numbers.