Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Nepali measures

I've compiled this list of Nepali measures. Don't rely on this a 100%, but as far as I have been able to look up, this is some of the Nepali measures in use today. There are some minor discrepancies in this list, I know, but that's hard to avoid when there are so many different traditions for measuring in Nepal. The bold ones are the ones I've encountered most often in Nepal. The Nepali measures are listed with their metric convertions.

Nepali weight measures

1 tola = 180 grains = 11.6 g (10-12 g)
1 pau = 1/4 sera = 19 tola = 200 g

1 mana = 1/2 ser = 400g
1 sera = 80 tola = 800 g
1 dharni = 2.5 sera = 2 kg
1 pathi = 4 sera = ca 3,2 - 3,6 kg
1 mura = 2 pathi = ca 16 pounds = ca 7 kg

Nepali length measures

1 fit (from 'feet', eng. loanword) = 1 paila = ca 0.30 m
1 hath = 18" = 0.46 m (= ca 1/2 m)
1 gaja = 2 hath = 36" = 0.91 m (= ca 1 m)
1 kosh = ca 3.2 km

Nepali area measures

1 dam = 1/4 paisa = ca 2 m2
1 paisa = 4 dam = 1/4 ana = ca 8 m2
1 ana = 4 paisa = 1/16 ropani = ca 32 m2
1 ropani = 16 ana = ca 512 m2

1 dhur = 1/20 kattha = ca 16 m2
1 kattha = 20 dhur = 1/20 bhigha = ca 320 m2
1 bhigha = 20 kattha = ca 13 ropani = ca 6400 m2



2 comments:

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  2. thankyou for your important information

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