Bigha
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bigha-178-10632613
title:
Bigha
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The bigha or beegah 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. Sources have given measurement of Bigha ranging from 6,805 square feet (632.2 m) to 72,880 square feet (6,771 m). It's 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.
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Unit of area measurement in South Asia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigha
date created:
2006-01-08T02:02:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T00:45:54Z
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