Marla & Kanal Converterمرلہ اور کنال کنورٹر

About the Marla & Kanal Converter

Property in Pakistan is bought, sold and built in marla and kanal, but plans, loans and online listings often use square feet, square yards or square metres. This converter turns any of these units into all the others at once, using the marla size that applies to your plot. Choose 225, 250 or 272.25 square feet per marla, enter a value in any unit, and a table shows the equivalent in marla, kanal, square feet, square yards, square metres, acres and murabba.

It helps buyers compare plots advertised in different units, families checking an inheritance share, builders estimating covered area, and anyone reading a fard, registry or society allotment letter. Choosing the right marla size matters, because the same “5 marla” plot can differ by more than 200 square feet depending on the definition used.

What is a marla, and why are there different sizes?

The marla and kanal are traditional land units used in Pakistan and parts of north India. One kanal is always 20 marla, and agricultural land is often measured in acres or in a murabba, a square of 25 acres. The difficulty is that the marla itself is not one fixed size.

Traditional revenue (patwari) records in Punjab use a marla of 272.25 square feet, so 1 kanal is 5,445 sq ft and 8 kanal make an acre of 43,560 sq ft. Many housing societies and development authorities instead use a rounder 225 square feet marla, making a kanal 4,500 sq ft, and some areas use 250 square feet. An acre is always 43,560 sq ft, so with a 225 sq ft marla an acre is about 193.6 marla rather than 160. That is why you should always check which definition your document or society uses before comparing prices or plot sizes.

How to use the Marla & Kanal Converter

1. Choose the Marla size used in your area, society or document: 225, 250 or 272.25 square feet.
2. Enter the Value you want to convert, for example 5 or 1.5.
3. Select the Unit of that value: marla, kanal, square feet, square yards, square metres, acre or murabba.
4. Read the total in square feet at the top and every equivalent unit in the table below.

Results update as you type. To compare definitions, keep the value the same and switch the marla size; the table changes immediately.

Key features and benefits

• All units at once. Marla, kanal, square feet, square yards, square metres, acres and murabba in one table
• Selectable marla size. 225, 250 or 272.25 square feet, so results match your document instead of a single assumed value
• Works in both directions. Enter square feet to get marla, or marla to get square feet, with no separate tools needed
• Decimal precision. Values shown to four decimal places for exact comparisons of small or odd-sized plots
• Urdu summary. The page title and summary can be switched to Urdu with the language button
• Offline and private. Runs entirely in your browser; nothing is uploaded

Practical examples

5 marla house

With a 225 sq ft marla, 5 marla is 1,125 sq ft, 125 square yards or about 104.5 square metres. With a 272.25 sq ft marla the same 5 marla is 1,361.25 sq ft, 236.25 sq ft more.

1 kanal plot

1 kanal is 20 marla: 4,500 sq ft with a 225 sq ft marla, 5,000 sq ft with a 250 sq ft marla, and 5,445 sq ft with a 272.25 sq ft marla.

Agricultural land

One acre is always 43,560 sq ft. With the revenue-record marla of 272.25 sq ft it equals 160 marla or 8 kanal; one murabba of 25 acres equals 200 kanal.

Listing in square yards

A plot advertised as 200 square yards is 1,800 sq ft, which is 8 marla with a 225 sq ft marla or about 6.6 marla with a 272.25 sq ft marla.

Quick reference: common plot sizes

The table below shows the most common residential plot sizes in square feet under each marla definition. Use it to sanity-check an advertisement, then confirm the exact figure with the converter above.

A 10 marla plot measured with the revenue marla is therefore about 472 sq ft larger than one measured with a 225 sq ft marla — roughly the size of an extra room.

Common use cases

• Property buyers compare plots listed in marla, kanal and square yards on a like-for-like basis.
• Families divide inherited land and check shares recorded in revenue documents.
• Architects and builders convert plot size to square feet for covered-area and cost estimates.
• Farmers convert acres, kanal and murabba for land records, leases and fertilizer planning.
• Overseas Pakistanis understand local plot sizes in square metres or square feet.

Accuracy, limitations and privacy

Conversions use exact factors: the selected marla size in square feet, 20 marla per kanal, 9 square feet per square yard, 10.7639 square feet per square metre, 43,560 square feet per acre and 25 acres per murabba. Results are shown to four decimal places, so tiny rounding differences can appear in the last digit.

The converter cannot tell which marla size applies to a particular property; that depends on the document, the authority and sometimes the age of the record. It is a measuring aid, not a legal survey, and the conversion runs locally in your browser without sending any data.

• Legal plot size is what your registry, fard, allotment letter or an official survey states.
• Some older or local records use other customary sizes not listed here.
• Irregular plots must be measured first; use the plot area calculator for those.

Tips and best practices

• Ask the seller or society which marla size the advertised plot uses, and write it into the agreement.
• Compare prices per square foot, not per marla, when plots use different definitions.
• For revenue records and agricultural land, the 272.25 sq ft marla is the usual reference.
• Check the plot’s actual dimensions: a “5 marla” plot of 25 × 45 ft is 1,125 sq ft.
• For buildings, remember covered area can exceed plot area when there are several floors.

Related tools and next steps

For plots that are not rectangular, measure the sides and use the plot area calculator. Once you know the size, estimate building costs with the construction cost calculator and materials with the brick calculator. Investors can check returns with the rental yield calculator, and transfer costs with the property transfer tax estimator.