Bigha to Katha in Bangladesh
The cleanest relationship in the system, and the one everything else is built on.
Short answer
One Bigha, in every unit
| Unit | 1 Bigha = |
|---|---|
| Chatakছটাক | 320 |
| Shotangsho (decimal)শতাংশ | 33.058 |
| Kathaকাঠা | 20 |
| Bighaবিঘা | 1 |
| Kaniকানি(regional) | 0.8264 |
| Acreএকর | 0.3306 |
| Hectareহেক্টর | 0.1338 |
Your paperwork will not say katha
Land in Bangladesh is bought and sold in katha and bigha, but khatian, mutation and deed documents record the area in shotangsho — decimal — and acres. Reconcile the two figures before any money changes hands.Bigha is not a standardised unit
Commonly-cited approximate figure — confirm the exact local value with your state or district land revenue department before any transaction.How many Katha are in one Bigha in Bangladesh?
In Bangladesh one Bigha is 20 Katha, and one Katha is 0.05 Bigha. In India the bigha varies fourfold from state to state, but Bangladesh is not like that: the whole country inherited a single Bengal revenue system, so a katha is 720 square feet and a bigha 14,400 square feet everywhere. The more important point is that official business is not transacted in katha or bigha at all — khatian, mutation and deed documents record area in shotangsho, usually called decimal, and in acres. So a plot may well be bought in katha while the paperwork describes the same land in decimal, and the two figures should always be reconciled before money changes hands. These are commonly-cited reference figures rather than legal standards — the area recorded in the khatian at your local land office is what governs any transaction. Last checked 2026-08-10.
Questions people ask
How many decimal is one Bigha in Bangladesh?
One Bigha is 33.058 shotangsho, usually written as decimal. This is the figure worth knowing, because khatian and deed documents record land in decimal rather than in katha or bigha.
Is the Bangladeshi Bigha the same as the Indian one?
For the bigha and katha, Bangladesh matches West Bengal — both come from the same Bengal revenue system, so a bigha is 14,400 square feet in each. It does not match Uttar Pradesh, Bihar or Rajasthan, where a bigha is 27,225 square feet, nearly double. One Bigha here is 20 Katha.
Every Bangladeshi unit in one table
Chatak through hectare, with the decimal column that matters.
Commonly-cited approximate figure — confirm the exact local value with your state or district land revenue department before any transaction.