Marla & Kanal Converter
Convert marla and kanal to square feet, square metres and acres.
About the Marla & Kanal Converter
Enter the kanal and marla and choose the marla size used for your land. The calculator gives the area in square feet, square metres and acres.
In Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir land is measured in marla and kanal: 20 marla make a kanal and 8 kanal an acre in revenue records, which makes a marla 272.25 ft². Many urban developments use a smaller marla of 225 or 250 ft², so check which applies.
The formula
ft² = (kanal × 20 + marla) × ft² per marla
Worked example
1 kanal 5 marla at the revenue marla (272.25 ft²)
- 1 × 20 + 5 = 25 marla
- 25 × 272.25 = 6,806.25 ft²
- = 632.3 m² = 0.156 acres
Questions people ask
How many marla in an acre?
160 at the revenue size.
What's a sarsai?
1/9 of a marla.
How big is a 10-marla house plot?
2,722.5 ft² at the revenue size, or 2,250 ft² with a 225 ft² urban marla.