🏘️ Land area
Marla to Square Feet
Convert marla to square feet, square metres, kanal, acre and hectare. Enter a value, choose the units, then press Convert.
About the Marla to Square Feet
A marla is a traditional unit of land area used across Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. The standard marla is 272.25 square feet, or 25.2929 square metres, and 20 marla make one kanal. That is the convention this converter uses.
Local practice varies. Some districts use a 225 sq ft marla, and the size of a marla can differ between urban housing schemes and agricultural land. Before you rely on a figure for a property transaction, confirm the local patwari or registry convention — a 20% difference in a plot is not a rounding error.
How the calculation works
- 1 marla = 272.25 sq ft = 25.2929 sq m.
- 1 kanal = 20 marla = 5,445 sq ft.
- 1 acre = 43,560 sq ft = 160 marla.
- 1 hectare = 10,000 sq m = 395.37 marla.
Reference values
| Unit | Square feet | Square metres | Marla |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 marla | 272.25 | 25.29 | 1 |
| 1 kanal | 5,445 | 505.86 | 20 |
| 1 acre | 43,560 | 4,046.86 | 160 |
| 1 hectare | 107,639 | 10,000 | 395.37 |
| 1 square yard | 9 | 0.836 | 0.0331 |
Worked example: a five-marla plot
On the standard 272.25 sq ft convention, a 5 marla plot is 5 × 272.25 = 1,361.25 sq ft, or 126.46 sq m. Ten marla is half a kanal, 2,722.5 sq ft. At the alternative 225 sq ft convention used in some districts, the same five marla plot is 1,125 sq ft—236 sq ft smaller, which is a material difference in a property transaction.
For a quick site check, pace out the plot and compare the result with the registry figure. If the two disagree by more than a few percent, ask which marla convention the seller or registrar is using before negotiating. The conversion is only as reliable as the local definition behind it.
Reading a property advertisement
Listings rarely state which marla convention they use, and the difference is large enough to matter. A “5 marla” plot at 272.25 sq ft is 1,361 sq ft; at 225 sq ft it is only 1,125 sq ft. If an advertisement quotes both marla and square feet, the square-foot figure usually reveals the convention — divide it by the marla count before you compare two plots.
Also check whether the quoted area is gross or net. Corner plots, roads and setbacks can be counted differently, and a plot described as 10 marla may include a share of a shared access lane. Ask for the dimensions on the registry document and multiply them yourself; that is the figure a dispute will turn on.