Figures last checked: 2026-08-03

5 Acre to Bigha

5 acres is 8 to 32 bigha — the answer depends on your state. See all 13, from Uttar Pradesh to Uttarakhand. Formula, local variants and what to verify included.

Short answer

5 acres works out to between 8 and 32 bigha. There is no single national answer, because the bigha is defined differently in every state. In Uttar Pradesh it comes to about 8 bigha. 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.

5 Acre to Bigha: the figure for every state

One question, thirteen different answers. That is precisely why a single national figure would be wrong.

5 Acre to Bigha — Answer for All 13 States
State	1 bigha (sq ft)	5 acres in bigha
Uttarakhand	6,806.25	32
Himachal Pradesh	8,712	25
Madhya Pradesh	12,000	18.15
Chhattisgarh	12,000	18.15
West Bengal	14,400	15.125
Assam	14,400	15.125
Gujarat	17,424	12.5
Punjab	21,780	10
Haryana	21,780	10
Uttar Pradesh	27,225	8
Bihar	27,225	8
Rajasthan	27,225	8
Jharkhand	27,225	8

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.

5 Acre to Bigha: what is the real answer?

There is no single national answer to 5 acre to bigha. The figure ranges from 8 to 32, and which one applies depends entirely on the state the land is in. In Uttar Pradesh it comes to 8, while in Uttarakhand the same quantity is 32 — 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

5 Acre to Bigha in Uttar Pradesh?

In Uttar Pradesh it works out to about 8, 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.

5 Acre to Bigha in West Bengal?

In West Bengal it is roughly 15.125, 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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