Convert Marla to Acre
1 marla = 0.00625 acre (ac). For example, 10 marla = 0.0625 acre and 100 marla = 0.625 acre. Type any value below to convert marla to acre both ways — it runs entirely in your browser.
Quick answer: Marla to Acre
1 Marla = 0.00625 Acre (marla → ac). To convert marla to acre, multiply by 0.00625. To convert acre to marla, multiply by 160. 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 marla-to-acre questions.
How to convert Marla to Acre
To convert marla to acre, multiply the number of marla by the conversion factor 0.00625, because 1 marla = 0.00625 ac. The conversion is linear, so the same factor works for any value — whole numbers, decimals or fractions. For the reverse direction, 1 ac = 160 marla, so you divide by 0.00625 (or multiply by 160) to turn acre back into marla.
ac = marla × 0.00625 ·
marla = ac × 160
- Write down the value you want to convert, in marla.
- Multiply it by 0.00625.
- The result is the same area/length/quantity expressed in acre.
Marla to Acre — worked examples
Each row shows the exact arithmetic so you can follow the conversion step by step. For example, 5 marla is 0.03125 acre because 5 marla × 0.00625 = 0.03125 ac.
| Marla | Calculation | Acre |
|---|---|---|
| 1 marla | 1 marla × 0.00625 = 0.00625 ac | 0.00625 ac |
| 2 marla | 2 marla × 0.00625 = 0.0125 ac | 0.0125 ac |
| 3 marla | 3 marla × 0.00625 = 0.01875 ac | 0.01875 ac |
| 5 marla | 5 marla × 0.00625 = 0.03125 ac | 0.03125 ac |
| 7 marla | 7 marla × 0.00625 = 0.04375 ac | 0.04375 ac |
| 10 marla | 10 marla × 0.00625 = 0.0625 ac | 0.0625 ac |
| 12 marla | 12 marla × 0.00625 = 0.075 ac | 0.075 ac |
| 15 marla | 15 marla × 0.00625 = 0.09375 ac | 0.09375 ac |
| 20 marla | 20 marla × 0.00625 = 0.125 ac | 0.125 ac |
| 25 marla | 25 marla × 0.00625 = 0.15625 ac | 0.15625 ac |
| 50 marla | 50 marla × 0.00625 = 0.3125 ac | 0.3125 ac |
| 100 marla | 100 marla × 0.00625 = 0.625 ac | 0.625 ac |
Common Marla to Acre conversions
These are the marla-to-acre values people look up most often. Every figure is computed from the exact factor, so you can rely on them for quick reference:
- 1 marla = 0.00625 acre
- 2 marla = 0.0125 acre
- 2.5 marla = 0.015625 acre
- 3 marla = 0.01875 acre
- 4 marla = 0.025 acre
- 5 marla = 0.03125 acre
- 6 marla = 0.0375 acre
- 7 marla = 0.04375 acre
- 8 marla = 0.05 acre
- 9 marla = 0.05625 acre
- 10 marla = 0.0625 acre
- 12 marla = 0.075 acre
- 15 marla = 0.09375 acre
- 20 marla = 0.125 acre
- 25 marla = 0.15625 acre
- 30 marla = 0.1875 acre
- 50 marla = 0.3125 acre
- 75 marla = 0.46875 acre
- 100 marla = 0.625 acre
- 200 marla = 1.25 acre
- 500 marla = 3.125 acre
- 1000 marla = 6.25 acre
Marla to Acre conversion chart (both directions)
The chart below converts marla to acre and acre to marla side by side, so it works whichever way you need. 1 marla = 0.00625 acre, and 1 acre = 160 marla.
| Marla → Acre | Acre → Marla |
|---|---|
| 0.25 marla = 0.0015625 ac | 0.25 ac = 40 marla |
| 0.5 marla = 0.003125 ac | 0.5 ac = 80 marla |
| 1 marla = 0.00625 ac | 1 ac = 160 marla |
| 2 marla = 0.0125 ac | 2 ac = 320 marla |
| 3 marla = 0.01875 ac | 3 ac = 480 marla |
| 4 marla = 0.025 ac | 4 ac = 640 marla |
| 5 marla = 0.03125 ac | 5 ac = 800 marla |
| 6 marla = 0.0375 ac | 6 ac = 960 marla |
| 7 marla = 0.04375 ac | 7 ac = 1,120 marla |
| 8 marla = 0.05 ac | 8 ac = 1,280 marla |
| 9 marla = 0.05625 ac | 9 ac = 1,440 marla |
| 10 marla = 0.0625 ac | 10 ac = 1,600 marla |
| 12 marla = 0.075 ac | 12 ac = 1,920 marla |
| 15 marla = 0.09375 ac | 15 ac = 2,400 marla |
| 20 marla = 0.125 ac | 20 ac = 3,200 marla |
| 25 marla = 0.15625 ac | 25 ac = 4,000 marla |
| 30 marla = 0.1875 ac | 30 ac = 4,800 marla |
| 40 marla = 0.25 ac | 40 ac = 6,400 marla |
| 50 marla = 0.3125 ac | 50 ac = 8,000 marla |
| 75 marla = 0.46875 ac | 75 ac = 12,000 marla |
| 100 marla = 0.625 ac | 100 ac = 16,000 marla |
| 150 marla = 0.9375 ac | 150 ac = 24,000 marla |
| 200 marla = 1.25 ac | 200 ac = 32,000 marla |
| 250 marla = 1.5625 ac | 250 ac = 40,000 marla |
| 500 marla = 3.125 ac | 500 ac = 80,000 marla |
| 1000 marla = 6.25 ac | 1000 ac = 160,000 marla |
Marla vs Acre: which is bigger?
A acre is the larger unit: one acre equals 160 marlas. Put another way, you need 160 marlas to make a single acre.
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.
What is a Acre? History, origin and usage
Ac is simply the abbreviation for the acre, one of the oldest English land measures, whose name comes through Norman French from a root meaning 'cultivated field'. It was historically the area a team of eight oxen could plough in a day, fixed as one chain by one furlong.
The acre remains a statutory unit in the United States and across the Commonwealth, and is a main unit for Indian agricultural land alongside the bigha and hectare. It is used for farms, estates and large plots worldwide.
One acre is 4,840 square yards or 43,560 square feet, about 0.405 hectare, and roughly nine-tenths the size of an American football field. It equals 8 kanal or 160 marla in the Punjab system.
Convert 1 Marla to other units
It can help to see a marla next to the other units it is commonly compared with. One marla (marla) is equal to:
| 1 Marla equals | Unit |
|---|---|
| 30.25 gaj | Gaj |
| 0.05 kanal | Kanal |
| 0.00625 killa | Killa |
| 0.00025 murabba | Murabba |
| 0.625 decimal | Decimal |
| 0.625 cent | Cent |
| 0.25 guntha | Guntha |
| 0.00625 ac | Acre |
| 0.002529285 ha | Hectare |
| 272.25 ft² | Square Foot |
| 30.25 yd² | Square Yard |
| 25.29285 m² | Square Metre |
| 252,928.5 cm² | Square Centimetre |
| 25,292,850 mm² | Square Millimetre |
| 39,204 in² | Square Inch |
| 0.00002529285 km² | Square Kilometre |
| 0.2529285 are | Are |
| 0.02529285 daa | Decare |
| 0.000009765625 mi² | Square Mile |
| 0.00625 ac | Acre |
| 30.25 yd² | Square Yard |
| 272.25 ft² | Square Foot |
| 0.002529285 ha | Hectare |
| 9 karam² | Square Karam |
| 0.1134375 ground | Ground |
| 1.890625 lessa | Lessa |
| 6.05 chatak | Chatak |
| 0.004726562 pura | Pura |
Convert 1 Acre to other units
One acre (ac) is equal to:
| 1 Acre equals | Unit |
|---|---|
| 4,840 gaj | Gaj |
| 160 marla | Marla |
| 8 kanal | Kanal |
| 1 killa | Killa |
| 0.04 murabba | Murabba |
| 100 decimal | Decimal |
| 100 cent | Cent |
| 40 guntha | Guntha |
| 1 ac | Acre |
| 0.4046856 ha | Hectare |
| 43,560 ft² | Square Foot |
| 4,840 yd² | Square Yard |
| 4,046.856 m² | Square Metre |
| 40,468,560 cm² | Square Centimetre |
| 4,046,856,000 mm² | Square Millimetre |
| 6,272,640 in² | Square Inch |
| 0.004046856 km² | Square Kilometre |
| 40.46856 are | Are |
| 4.046856 daa | Decare |
| 0.0015625 mi² | Square Mile |
| 4,840 yd² | Square Yard |
| 43,560 ft² | Square Foot |
| 0.4046856 ha | Hectare |
| 1,440 karam² | Square Karam |
| 18.15 ground | Ground |
| 302.5 lessa | Lessa |
| 968 chatak | Chatak |
| 0.75625 pura | Pura |
Tips for converting Marla to Acre
- To go from marla to acre, multiply by 0.00625; to go back, divide by 0.00625 (or multiply by 160).
- For a quick mental estimate, remember that 1 marla ≈ 0.00625 acre, so 10 marla ≈ 0.0625 acre.
- 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 Marla to Acre converter
Type a number into the Marla field and the equivalent in Acre 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 Acre field to convert the other way (acre to marla). 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 marla = 0.00625 ac), 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 marla-to-acre conversions because a small rounding error in a published table compounds quickly at larger quantities; computing from the exact factor avoids that.
Sources
- Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development (India) — the central department responsible for land records and the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme, under which the state portals are maintained.
- Bihar Bhumi — Revenue & Land Reforms Department, Bihar — the official Bihar land-record portal; the authority for the katha, dhur and dhurki values used in Bihar revenue records.
- UP Bhulekh — Uttar Pradesh land records — the official Uttar Pradesh record-of-rights portal, used to corroborate bigha and biswa values for UP.
- NIST Special Publication 811 — Guide for the Use of the SI — publishes the exact metric equivalents of the customary units. The inch, foot, yard and mile are defined exactly in metres by the 1959 international yard-and-pound agreement, so every imperial figure on this page is exact, not rounded.
- BIPM — The International System of Units (SI Brochure) — the defining document for the SI, published by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. It fixes the base unit that this conversion resolves to, which is why the factor here can be exact rather than approximate.
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 acre are in 1 marla?
- 1 marla = 0.00625 acre (ac). To convert any number of marla to acre, multiply by 0.00625.
- How do I convert marla to acre?
- Multiply the number of marla by 0.00625. For example, 10 marla = 10 × 0.00625 = 0.0625 acre, and 25 marla = 0.15625 acre.
- How many marla are in 1 acre?
- 1 acre = 160 marla. So to convert acre back to marla, multiply by 160.
- What is the formula to convert marla to acre?
- acre = marla × 0.00625. The reverse formula is marla = acre × 160.
- How much is 100 marla in acre?
- 100 marla = 0.625 acre. (And 1000 marla = 6.25 acre.)
- Which is bigger, a marla or a acre?
- A acre is larger: 1 acre = 160 marla.
- Is this marla to acre converter accurate?
- Yes — every value is computed from the exact 0.00625 ac per marla factor (not rounded look-up tables), and the factors are re-verified automatically on every update.
- Can I convert acre to marla too?
- Yes. The converter works both ways — enter a value in either field. 1 acre = 160 marla.