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Figures last checked: 2026-08-03

20 Bigha to Acre

20 bigha is 3.125 to 12.5 acres — the answer depends on your state. See all 13, from Uttarakhand to Uttar Pradesh.

Short answer

20 bigha works out to between 3.125 and 12.5 acres. There is no single national answer, because the bigha is defined differently in every state. In Uttar Pradesh it comes to about 12.5 acres. The table below gives all thirteen. These are commonly-cited approximations — confirm the exact figure with your district land revenue office before agreeing a deal.

20 Bigha to Acre: the figure for every state

One question, thirteen different answers. That is precisely why a single national figure would be wrong.
20 Bigha to Acre — Answer for All 13 States
State1 bigha (sq ft)20 bigha in acres
Uttarakhand6,806.253.125
Himachal Pradesh8,7124
Madhya Pradesh12,0005.51
Chhattisgarh12,0005.51
West Bengal14,4006.612
Assam14,4006.612
Gujarat17,4248
Punjab21,78010
Haryana21,78010
Uttar Pradesh27,22512.5
Bihar27,22512.5
Rajasthan27,22512.5
Jharkhand27,22512.5

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.

20 Bigha to Acre: what is the real answer?

There is no single national answer to 20 bigha to acre. The figure ranges from 3.125 to 12.5, and which one applies depends entirely on the state the land is in. In Uttarakhand it comes to 3.125, while in Uttar Pradesh the same quantity is 12.5 — a difference of roughly 4 times. The reason is straightforward: an acre is fixed worldwide at exactly 43,560 square feet, but the bigha is a customary unit that each state defined for itself long before the metric system arrived. Several states run more than one convention at once — a pucca and a kaccha bigha, or separate hill and plain measures — so the state alone does not always settle it. These are commonly-cited reference figures derived from each state's traditional definition, not legal standards: the area recorded by your district land revenue office is what governs any transaction. Last checked 2026-08-03.

Questions people ask

20 Bigha to Acre in Uttar Pradesh?

In Uttar Pradesh it works out to about 12.5, based on the pucca bigha of 27,225 square feet. Western UP also uses a smaller five-biswa bigha, so confirm the figure at district level before relying on it.

20 Bigha to Acre in West Bengal?

In West Bengal it is roughly 6.612, because the Bengal bigha is 14,400 square feet — one of the smallest in the country. Assam uses the same bigha but divides it into five katha rather than twenty.

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Commonly-cited approximate figure — confirm the exact local value with your state or district land revenue department before any transaction.