Convert Marla to Guntha
1 marla = 0.25 guntha (guntha). For example, 10 marla = 2.5 guntha and 100 marla = 25 guntha. Type any value below to convert marla to guntha both ways — it runs entirely in your browser.
Quick answer: Marla to Guntha
1 Marla = 0.25 Guntha (marla → guntha). To convert marla to guntha, multiply by 0.25. To convert guntha to marla, multiply by 4. 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-guntha questions.
How to convert Marla to Guntha
To convert marla to guntha, multiply the number of marla by the conversion factor 0.25, because 1 marla = 0.25 guntha. The conversion is linear, so the same factor works for any value — whole numbers, decimals or fractions. For the reverse direction, 1 guntha = 4 marla, so you divide by 0.25 (or multiply by 4) to turn guntha back into marla.
guntha = marla × 0.25 ·
marla = guntha × 4
- Write down the value you want to convert, in marla.
- Multiply it by 0.25.
- The result is the same area/length/quantity expressed in guntha.
Marla to Guntha — worked examples
Each row shows the exact arithmetic so you can follow the conversion step by step. For example, 5 marla is 1.25 guntha because 5 marla × 0.25 = 1.25 guntha.
| Marla | Calculation | Guntha |
|---|---|---|
| 1 marla | 1 marla × 0.25 = 0.25 guntha | 0.25 guntha |
| 2 marla | 2 marla × 0.25 = 0.5 guntha | 0.5 guntha |
| 3 marla | 3 marla × 0.25 = 0.75 guntha | 0.75 guntha |
| 5 marla | 5 marla × 0.25 = 1.25 guntha | 1.25 guntha |
| 7 marla | 7 marla × 0.25 = 1.75 guntha | 1.75 guntha |
| 10 marla | 10 marla × 0.25 = 2.5 guntha | 2.5 guntha |
| 12 marla | 12 marla × 0.25 = 3 guntha | 3 guntha |
| 15 marla | 15 marla × 0.25 = 3.75 guntha | 3.75 guntha |
| 20 marla | 20 marla × 0.25 = 5 guntha | 5 guntha |
| 25 marla | 25 marla × 0.25 = 6.25 guntha | 6.25 guntha |
| 50 marla | 50 marla × 0.25 = 12.5 guntha | 12.5 guntha |
| 100 marla | 100 marla × 0.25 = 25 guntha | 25 guntha |
Common Marla to Guntha conversions
These are the marla-to-guntha 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 = 0.25 guntha
- 2 marla = 0.5 guntha
- 2.5 marla = 0.625 guntha
- 3 marla = 0.75 guntha
- 4 marla = 1 guntha
- 5 marla = 1.25 guntha
- 6 marla = 1.5 guntha
- 7 marla = 1.75 guntha
- 8 marla = 2 guntha
- 9 marla = 2.25 guntha
- 10 marla = 2.5 guntha
- 12 marla = 3 guntha
- 15 marla = 3.75 guntha
- 20 marla = 5 guntha
- 25 marla = 6.25 guntha
- 30 marla = 7.5 guntha
- 50 marla = 12.5 guntha
- 75 marla = 18.75 guntha
- 100 marla = 25 guntha
- 200 marla = 50 guntha
- 500 marla = 125 guntha
- 1000 marla = 250 guntha
Marla to Guntha conversion chart (both directions)
The chart below converts marla to guntha and guntha to marla side by side, so it works whichever way you need. 1 marla = 0.25 guntha, and 1 guntha = 4 marla.
| Marla → Guntha | Guntha → Marla |
|---|---|
| 0.25 marla = 0.0625 guntha | 0.25 guntha = 1 marla |
| 0.5 marla = 0.125 guntha | 0.5 guntha = 2 marla |
| 1 marla = 0.25 guntha | 1 guntha = 4 marla |
| 2 marla = 0.5 guntha | 2 guntha = 8 marla |
| 3 marla = 0.75 guntha | 3 guntha = 12 marla |
| 4 marla = 1 guntha | 4 guntha = 16 marla |
| 5 marla = 1.25 guntha | 5 guntha = 20 marla |
| 6 marla = 1.5 guntha | 6 guntha = 24 marla |
| 7 marla = 1.75 guntha | 7 guntha = 28 marla |
| 8 marla = 2 guntha | 8 guntha = 32 marla |
| 9 marla = 2.25 guntha | 9 guntha = 36 marla |
| 10 marla = 2.5 guntha | 10 guntha = 40 marla |
| 12 marla = 3 guntha | 12 guntha = 48 marla |
| 15 marla = 3.75 guntha | 15 guntha = 60 marla |
| 20 marla = 5 guntha | 20 guntha = 80 marla |
| 25 marla = 6.25 guntha | 25 guntha = 100 marla |
| 30 marla = 7.5 guntha | 30 guntha = 120 marla |
| 40 marla = 10 guntha | 40 guntha = 160 marla |
| 50 marla = 12.5 guntha | 50 guntha = 200 marla |
| 75 marla = 18.75 guntha | 75 guntha = 300 marla |
| 100 marla = 25 guntha | 100 guntha = 400 marla |
| 150 marla = 37.5 guntha | 150 guntha = 600 marla |
| 200 marla = 50 guntha | 200 guntha = 800 marla |
| 250 marla = 62.5 guntha | 250 guntha = 1,000 marla |
| 500 marla = 125 guntha | 500 guntha = 2,000 marla |
| 1000 marla = 250 guntha | 1000 guntha = 4,000 marla |
Marla vs Guntha: which is bigger?
A guntha is the larger unit: one guntha equals 4 marlas. Put another way, you need 4 marlas to make a single guntha.
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 Guntha? History, origin and usage
The guntha (also spelt gunta) is a traditional unit of western and southern India defined as one-fortieth of an acre. It is most often visualised as a square of about 33 feet by 33 feet, giving roughly 1,089 square feet.
It is the standard sub-acre unit in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, used for farmland and plots in revenue records and property deals. Holdings are commonly described as a number of acres and gunthas.
Forty guntha make one acre. The unit's near-square shape of about 33 by 33 feet makes it easy to picture as a single small field plot.
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 Guntha to other units
One guntha (guntha) is equal to:
| 1 Guntha equals | Unit |
|---|---|
| 121 gaj | Gaj |
| 4 marla | Marla |
| 0.2 kanal | Kanal |
| 0.025 killa | Killa |
| 0.001 murabba | Murabba |
| 2.5 decimal | Decimal |
| 2.5 cent | Cent |
| 0.025 ac | Acre |
| 0.01011714 ha | Hectare |
| 1,089 ft² | Square Foot |
| 121 yd² | Square Yard |
| 101.1714 m² | Square Metre |
| 1,011,714 cm² | Square Centimetre |
| 101,171,400 mm² | Square Millimetre |
| 156,816 in² | Square Inch |
| 0.0001011714 km² | Square Kilometre |
| 1.011714 are | Are |
| 0.1011714 daa | Decare |
| 0.0000390625 mi² | Square Mile |
| 0.025 ac | Acre |
| 121 yd² | Square Yard |
| 1,089 ft² | Square Foot |
| 0.01011714 ha | Hectare |
| 36 karam² | Square Karam |
| 0.45375 ground | Ground |
| 7.5625 lessa | Lessa |
| 24.2 chatak | Chatak |
| 0.01890625 pura | Pura |
Tips for converting Marla to Guntha
- To go from marla to guntha, multiply by 0.25; to go back, divide by 0.25 (or multiply by 4).
- For a quick mental estimate, remember that 1 marla ≈ 0.25 guntha, so 10 marla ≈ 2.5 guntha.
- 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 Guntha converter
Type a number into the Marla field and the equivalent in Guntha 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 Guntha field to convert the other way (guntha 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 = 0.25 guntha), 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-guntha 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.
- 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.
- NIST — Definitions of the SI base units — the US National Institute of Standards and Technology reference for the SI base units, used here as an independent cross-check on the base-unit definition.
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 guntha are in 1 marla?
- 1 marla = 0.25 guntha (guntha). To convert any number of marla to guntha, multiply by 0.25.
- How do I convert marla to guntha?
- Multiply the number of marla by 0.25. For example, 10 marla = 10 × 0.25 = 2.5 guntha, and 25 marla = 6.25 guntha.
- How many marla are in 1 guntha?
- 1 guntha = 4 marla. So to convert guntha back to marla, multiply by 4.
- What is the formula to convert marla to guntha?
- guntha = marla × 0.25. The reverse formula is marla = guntha × 4.
- How much is 100 marla in guntha?
- 100 marla = 25 guntha. (And 1000 marla = 250 guntha.)
- Which is bigger, a marla or a guntha?
- A guntha is larger: 1 guntha = 4 marla.
- Is this marla to guntha converter accurate?
- Yes — every value is computed from the exact 0.25 guntha per marla factor (not rounded look-up tables), and the factors are re-verified automatically on every update.
- Can I convert guntha to marla too?
- Yes. The converter works both ways — enter a value in either field. 1 guntha = 4 marla.