Convert Murabba to Marla
1 murabba = 4,000 marla (marla). For example, 10 murabba = 40,000 marla and 100 murabba = 400,000 marla. Type any value below to convert murabba to marla both ways — it runs entirely in your browser.
Quick answer: Murabba to Marla
1 Murabba = 4,000Marla (murabba → marla). To convert murabba to marla, multiply by 4,000. To convert marla to murabba, multiply by 0.00025. The converter at the top does this instantly and both ways; the sections below give the formula, worked examples, a full conversion chart and answers to the most common murabba-to-marla questions.
How to convert Murabba to Marla
To convert murabba to marla, multiply the number of murabba by the conversion factor 4,000, because 1 murabba = 4,000marla. The conversion is linear, so the same factor works for any value — whole numbers, decimals or fractions. For the reverse direction, 1 marla = 0.00025murabba, so you divide by 4,000 (or multiply by 0.00025) to turn marla back into murabba.
marla = murabba × 4,000 ·
murabba = marla × 0.00025
- Write down the value you want to convert, in murabba.
- Multiply it by 4,000.
- The result is the same area/length/quantity expressed in marla.
Murabba to Marla — worked examples
Each row shows the exact arithmetic so you can follow the conversion step by step. For example, 5murabba is 20,000marla because 5 murabba × 4,000 = 20,000 marla.
| Murabba | Calculation | Marla |
|---|---|---|
| 1murabba | 1 murabba × 4,000 = 4,000 marla | 4,000marla |
| 2murabba | 2 murabba × 4,000 = 8,000 marla | 8,000marla |
| 3murabba | 3 murabba × 4,000 = 12,000 marla | 12,000marla |
| 5murabba | 5 murabba × 4,000 = 20,000 marla | 20,000marla |
| 7murabba | 7 murabba × 4,000 = 28,000 marla | 28,000marla |
| 10murabba | 10 murabba × 4,000 = 40,000 marla | 40,000marla |
| 12murabba | 12 murabba × 4,000 = 48,000 marla | 48,000marla |
| 15murabba | 15 murabba × 4,000 = 60,000 marla | 60,000marla |
| 20murabba | 20 murabba × 4,000 = 80,000 marla | 80,000marla |
| 25murabba | 25 murabba × 4,000 = 100,000 marla | 100,000marla |
| 50murabba | 50 murabba × 4,000 = 200,000 marla | 200,000marla |
| 100murabba | 100 murabba × 4,000 = 400,000 marla | 400,000marla |
Common Murabba to Marla conversions
These are the murabba-to-marla values people look up most often. Every figure is computed from the exact factor, so you can rely on them for quick reference:
- 1 murabba = 4,000 marla
- 2 murabba = 8,000 marla
- 2.5 murabba = 10,000 marla
- 3 murabba = 12,000 marla
- 4 murabba = 16,000 marla
- 5 murabba = 20,000 marla
- 6 murabba = 24,000 marla
- 7 murabba = 28,000 marla
- 8 murabba = 32,000 marla
- 9 murabba = 36,000 marla
- 10 murabba = 40,000 marla
- 12 murabba = 48,000 marla
- 15 murabba = 60,000 marla
- 20 murabba = 80,000 marla
- 25 murabba = 100,000 marla
- 30 murabba = 120,000 marla
- 50 murabba = 200,000 marla
- 75 murabba = 300,000 marla
- 100 murabba = 400,000 marla
- 200 murabba = 800,000 marla
- 500 murabba = 2,000,000 marla
- 1000 murabba = 4,000,000 marla
Murabba to Marla conversion chart (both directions)
The chart below converts murabba to marla and marla to murabba side by side, so it works whichever way you need. 1 murabba = 4,000marla, and 1 marla = 0.00025murabba.
| Murabba → Marla | Marla → Murabba |
|---|---|
| 0.25murabba = 1,000marla | 0.25marla = 0.0000625murabba |
| 0.5murabba = 2,000marla | 0.5marla = 0.000125murabba |
| 1murabba = 4,000marla | 1marla = 0.00025murabba |
| 2murabba = 8,000marla | 2marla = 0.0005murabba |
| 3murabba = 12,000marla | 3marla = 0.00075murabba |
| 4murabba = 16,000marla | 4marla = 0.001murabba |
| 5murabba = 20,000marla | 5marla = 0.00125murabba |
| 6murabba = 24,000marla | 6marla = 0.0015murabba |
| 7murabba = 28,000marla | 7marla = 0.00175murabba |
| 8murabba = 32,000marla | 8marla = 0.002murabba |
| 9murabba = 36,000marla | 9marla = 0.00225murabba |
| 10murabba = 40,000marla | 10marla = 0.0025murabba |
| 12murabba = 48,000marla | 12marla = 0.003murabba |
| 15murabba = 60,000marla | 15marla = 0.00375murabba |
| 20murabba = 80,000marla | 20marla = 0.005murabba |
| 25murabba = 100,000marla | 25marla = 0.00625murabba |
| 30murabba = 120,000marla | 30marla = 0.0075murabba |
| 40murabba = 160,000marla | 40marla = 0.01murabba |
| 50murabba = 200,000marla | 50marla = 0.0125murabba |
| 75murabba = 300,000marla | 75marla = 0.01875murabba |
| 100murabba = 400,000marla | 100marla = 0.025murabba |
| 150murabba = 600,000marla | 150marla = 0.0375murabba |
| 200murabba = 800,000marla | 200marla = 0.05murabba |
| 250murabba = 1,000,000marla | 250marla = 0.0625murabba |
| 500murabba = 2,000,000marla | 500marla = 0.125murabba |
| 1000murabba = 4,000,000marla | 1000marla = 0.25murabba |
Murabba vs Marla: which is bigger?
A murabba is the larger unit: one murabba equals 4,000 marlas. Put another way, you need 4,000 marlas to make a single murabba.
What is a Murabba? History, origin and usage
Murabba is the Hindi and Urdu word for 'square', and as a land unit it dates to the British canal-colony schemes of late-19th and early-20th-century Punjab. Large irrigated tracts were laid out as rectangular 'squares' of 25 acres so they could be cleanly subdivided into 25 one-acre killas for allotment to settlers.
It is still used for large agricultural holdings and in rural revenue documents in Punjab and Haryana, in both India and Pakistan. A murabba represents a substantial farm rather than a residential plot.
One murabba equals 25 killa, which is 25 acres or about 10.1 hectares. Its internal 5-by-5 grid of killas is why it is also simply called a 'square'.
What is a Marla? History, origin and usage
The marla is a traditional unit of the Indian subcontinent that the British Raj standardised to one square rod (a rod, or pole, being 5.5 yards). That fixed it at 272.25 square feet, or 30.25 square yards, the value still used in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Marla is most prominent in Pakistani Punjab and in the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, where residential plots are sold in marlas and kanals. In India its use is gradually declining in favour of the square yard, square metre, acre and hectare.
Twenty marla make one kanal and 160 marla make one acre. In the Punjab survey system nine sarsahi (square karam) make exactly one marla.
Convert 1 Murabba to other units
It can help to see a murabba next to the other units it is commonly compared with. One murabba (murabba) is equal to:
| 1 Murabba equals | Unit |
|---|---|
| 121,000gaj | Gaj |
| 4,000marla | Marla |
| 200kanal | Kanal |
| 25killa | Killa |
| 2,500decimal | Decimal |
| 2,500cent | Cent |
| 1,000guntha | Guntha |
| 25ac | Acre |
| 10.11714ha | Hectare |
| 1,089,000ft² | Square Foot |
| 121,000yd² | Square Yard |
| 101,171.4m² | Square Metre |
| 1,011,714,000cm² | Square Centimetre |
| 101,171,400,000mm² | Square Millimetre |
| 156,816,000in² | Square Inch |
| 0.1011714km² | Square Kilometre |
| 1,011.714are | Are |
| 101.1714daa | Decare |
| 0.0390625mi² | Square Mile |
| 25ac | Acre |
| 121,000yd² | Square Yard |
| 1,089,000ft² | Square Foot |
| 10.11714ha | Hectare |
| 36,000karam² | Square Karam |
| 453.75ground | Ground |
| 7,562.5lessa | Lessa |
| 24,200chatak | Chatak |
| 18.90625pura | Pura |
Convert 1 Marla to other units
One marla (marla) is equal to:
| 1 Marla equals | Unit |
|---|---|
| 30.25gaj | Gaj |
| 0.05kanal | Kanal |
| 0.00625killa | Killa |
| 0.00025murabba | Murabba |
| 0.625decimal | Decimal |
| 0.625cent | Cent |
| 0.25guntha | Guntha |
| 0.00625ac | Acre |
| 0.002529285ha | Hectare |
| 272.25ft² | Square Foot |
| 30.25yd² | Square Yard |
| 25.29285m² | Square Metre |
| 252,928.5cm² | Square Centimetre |
| 25,292,850mm² | Square Millimetre |
| 39,204in² | Square Inch |
| 0.00002529285km² | Square Kilometre |
| 0.2529285are | Are |
| 0.02529285daa | Decare |
| 0.000009765625mi² | Square Mile |
| 0.00625ac | Acre |
| 30.25yd² | Square Yard |
| 272.25ft² | Square Foot |
| 0.002529285ha | Hectare |
| 9karam² | Square Karam |
| 0.1134375ground | Ground |
| 1.890625lessa | Lessa |
| 6.05chatak | Chatak |
| 0.004726562pura | Pura |
Tips for converting Murabba to Marla
- To go from murabba to marla, multiply by 4,000; to go back, divide by 4,000 (or multiply by 0.00025).
- For a quick mental estimate, remember that 1 murabba ≈ 4,000 marla, so 10 murabba ≈ 40,000 marla.
- The converter above keeps full precision; the tables round for readability, so use the tool for exact figures.
- Both fields update live as you type — change either side to convert in that direction.
How to use this Murabba to Marla converter
Type a number into the Murabba field and the equivalent in Marla appears instantly — there is no “convert” button to press and nothing is sent to a server, so it works offline once the page has loaded and is safe for any data. You can also type into the Marla field to convert the other way (marla to murabba). Use the swap control to flip the two units, and copy the result with a single click. Because the calculation runs in your browser with full floating-point precision, the converter is more exact than the rounded figures shown in the reference chart above — use the chart for quick look-ups and the tool for precise work.
Accuracy and method
Every figure on this page — the formula, the worked examples, the conversion chart and the “convert to other units” tables — is computed from a single verified conversion factor (1 murabba = 4,000marla), never copied from a hand-typed lookup table that could drift. That factor is derived from each unit’s definition in terms of a common base unit, and an automated check re-verifies all of the site’s factors on every update, so the numbers here stay correct over time. This matters for murabba-to-marla conversions because a small rounding error in a published table compounds quickly at larger quantities; computing from the exact factor avoids that.
Indian land units can vary by state and local custom. This converter uses the most widely accepted standard value; always confirm against your local revenue records (patwari / tehsil) for legal transactions.
Frequently asked questions
- How many marla are in 1 murabba?
- 1 murabba = 4,000 marla (marla). To convert any number of murabba to marla, multiply by 4,000.
- How do I convert murabba to marla?
- Multiply the number of murabba by 4,000. For example, 10 murabba = 10 × 4,000 = 40,000 marla, and 25 murabba = 100,000 marla.
- How many murabba are in 1 marla?
- 1 marla = 0.00025 murabba. So to convert marla back to murabba, multiply by 0.00025.
- What is the formula to convert murabba to marla?
- marla = murabba × 4,000. The reverse formula is murabba = marla × 0.00025.
- How much is 100 murabba in marla?
- 100 murabba = 400,000 marla. (And 1000 murabba = 4,000,000 marla.)
- Which is bigger, a murabba or a marla?
- A murabba is larger: 1 murabba = 4,000 marla.
- Is this murabba to marla converter accurate?
- Yes — every value is computed from the exact 4,000 marla per murabba factor (not rounded look-up tables), and the factors are re-verified automatically on every update.
- Can I convert marla to murabba too?
- Yes. The converter works both ways — enter a value in either field. 1 marla = 0.00025 murabba.