Kanal to hectare: 1 kanal = 0.050586 hectare, and 1 hectare = 19.7684 kanal. In everyday terms, about 20 kanal make a hectare, though not quite.
Where you meet both units
In Punjab and Haryana, revenue records give land in kanal and marla. Haryana uses hectare for official statistics, and the Punjab Land Records Manual tells patwaris to state areas in kanal, marla and sarsai or in metric units, and to convert to hectare. So the same field can appear in kanal on one paper and hectare on another. The Kangra side of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu also use the kanal.
How to convert kanal to hectare
Hectare = kanal × 0.050586
The figure comes from the square meters in each unit: 1 kanal is 505.8571 sq m and a hectare is 10,000 sq m.
Worked example: a farmer has 8 kanal, which is one acre. 8 × 0.050586 = 0.4047 hectare.
A second way, if you know the acre: divide kanal by 8 to get acre, then multiply by 0.4047. 40 kanal ÷ 8 = 5 acre, and 5 × 0.4047 = 2.0234 hectare.
| Kanal | Hectare | Acre |
|---|---|---|
| 1 kanal | 0.0506 | 0.125 |
| 2 kanal | 0.1012 | 0.25 |
| 4 kanal | 0.2023 | 0.5 |
| 5 kanal | 0.2529 | 0.625 |
| 8 kanal | 0.4047 | 1 |
| 10 kanal | 0.5059 | 1.25 |
| 20 kanal | 1.0117 | 2.5 |
| 40 kanal | 2.0234 | 5 |
Kanal to hectare table
| Kanal | Hectare |
|---|---|
| 0.25 | 0.012646 |
| 0.5 | 0.025293 |
| 1 | 0.050586 |
| 2 | 0.101171 |
| 3 | 0.151757 |
| 4 | 0.202343 |
| 5 | 0.252929 |
| 10 | 0.505857 |
| 15 | 0.758786 |
| 20 | 1.0117 |
| 25 | 1.2646 |
| 50 | 2.5293 |
| 100 | 5.0586 |
Hectare to kanal, the patwari way
Kanal = hectare × 19.7684
1 hectare is 19.7684 kanal. Records do not keep decimals of a kanal; they move the extra part into marla. Take the part after the point, 0.7684, and multiply by 20. That gives about 15.37 marla. So 1 hectare is about 19 kanal 15.37 marla.
Other common sizes: half a hectare is 9.8842 kanal, 2 hectare is 39.5369 kanal and 5 hectare is 98.8422 kanal.
Bigger holdings
Large farms in Punjab and Haryana are counted in killa and murabba. One killa is an acre, or 8 kanal, which is 0.4047 hectare. One murabba is 25 killa, which is 200 kanal or 10.1171 hectare. So a farmer with 2 murabba has 400 kanal, about 20.2343 hectare. These round numbers help when a scheme form or a survey asks for the area in hectare.
Smaller units
- 1 marla = 0.002529 hectare
- 1 hectare = 395.3686 marla
- 1 kanal = 5,445 sq ft = 605 gaj
Tips
- These figures use the standard marla of 272.25 sq ft. An older marla of 225 sq ft is mentioned in parts of Punjab, which gives a smaller kanal. Ask which one applies.
- Add kanal and marla together before converting. 5 kanal 10 marla is 5.5 kanal, which is 0.2782 hectare.
- For a sale, partition or acquisition matter, confirm the figure with the patwari or tehsil office and the jamabandi.
Questions people ask
1 hectare to kanal?
1 hectare is 19.7684 kanal, or about 19 kanal 15.37 marla.
1 kanal in hectare?
1 kanal is 0.050586 hectare, about one twentieth of a hectare.
8 kanal in hectare?
8 kanal is one acre, which is 0.4047 hectare.
Hectare to kanal formula?
Multiply hectare by 19.7684. For example 2 hectare is 39.5369 kanal.
Is 20 kanal equal to 1 hectare?
Not exactly. 20 kanal is 1.0117 hectare, a little more than one hectare. Use 19.7684 kanal per hectare for exact work.
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.