Marla-Kanal Land Area Converter

About the Marla-Kanal Converter

Land in Pakistan is bought and sold in marla and kanal, but registry papers, bank valuations and online listings mix them with square feet, gaz, square metres and acres — and to confuse things further, a marla does not mean the same size everywhere. This free marla-kanal converter sorts all of it out in one tap: type any plot size in any unit and see it instantly in every other unit, from sarsai up to hectares.

The tool supports both marla standards used across Punjab and beyond: the official Punjab revenue standard where 1 marla = 272.25 square feet (30.25 gaz), and the shorter 225 square feet (25 gaz) marla that many housing societies use in their marketing. Switch between the two with one tap and you will know exactly how much land you are actually being offered, before you compare prices or sign anything.

Everything runs inside your browser — no app, no sign-up, nothing stored. Whether you are checking a 5 marla house in Kasur, a 1 kanal plot on Pattoki Road, or farmland quoted in acres near Chunian, the converter gives you the full breakdown in seconds.

How to Use the Marla-Kanal Converter

Follow these simple steps — the whole process takes under a minute:

1. Choose the marla standard — Official (272.25 sq ft per marla) or Society (225 sq ft per marla). This changes the marla, kanal and sarsai conversions.
2. Pick the unit you have — marla, kanal, sarsai, square feet, square yards (gaz), square metres, acres or hectares.
3. Type the plot size — for example 5 with marla selected, or 1361.25 with square feet selected.
4. Press Convert — read the result in your chosen unit, the kanal + marla split, and the full breakdown in all other units.
5. Compare both standards — flip the standard toggle to see how much smaller a society marla really is before you commit to a price.

The Formula & Method Behind the Marla-Kanal Converter

The converter uses the square foot as its base unit. Punjab's official revenue standard defines 1 sarsai = 30.25 sq ft, 1 marla = 9 sarsai = 272.25 sq ft (30.25 square yards, called gaz), and 1 kanal = 20 marla = 5,445 sq ft (605 gaz). Larger units follow from there: 1 acre (also called killa in Pakistani land records) = 8 kanal = 43,560 sq ft, and 1 hectare = about 19.77 kanal, or roughly 395.4 marla.

The society standard simply shrinks the marla: 1 marla = 225 sq ft = 25 gaz, so a society kanal is 4,500 sq ft instead of 5,445. Everything else in the maths stays the same — every value is converted to square feet first, then divided by the target unit's size. To convert marla to kanal, the tool divides square feet by 5,445 (or 4,500); to get square feet from marla it multiplies by 272.25 (or 225).

Results are displayed to six significant figures, and the kanal + marla split is rounded to the nearest whole marla because plots are practically measured in whole marla and sarsai rather than decimals. Where the input is under one marla, the tool answers in sarsai instead, matching how small land parcels appear in revenue records.

Marla, Kanal and Plot Sizes — What Buyers Should Know

Common plot sizes at a glance (official 272.25 sq ft marla). 3 marla = 816.75 sq ft (90.75 gaz); 5 marla = 1,361.25 sq ft (151.25 gaz); 7 marla = 1,905.75 sq ft (211.75 gaz); 10 marla = 2,722.5 sq ft (302.5 gaz); 1 kanal = 5,445 sq ft (605 gaz). Under the society standard (225 sq ft marla) the same names shrink to 675, 1,125, 1,575, 2,250 and 4,500 sq ft respectively — check which one your documents use.

Registry size versus actual possession. Revenue records quote land in marla, kanal and sarsai under the official standard, but the physical plot handed over in a housing scheme can be smaller after deducting roads, green belts and common areas. Compare the plot dimensions in feet on the approved layout plan with the converted size above — it takes ten seconds and has saved buyers from paying kanal prices for nine-marla plots.

Sarsai still appears in records. Older registries (intiqal, fard) and rural paperwork across Kasur District often quote land as kanal-marla-sarsai, for example "3 kanal 7 marla 5 sarsai". One marla is 9 sarsai and one sarsai is 30.25 sq ft in the official standard — the converter includes sarsai so you can decode those documents without a revenue officer.

Financing the plot or construction? Once the size is settled, the next question is usually money. The loan affordability calculator shows how large a loan your monthly income can realistically support, and the salary tax calculator confirms the net income banks will actually count towards it.