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Chapter 2 · Land and size

What is a guntha, and how big is the plot you are looking at?

Land here is sold in gunthas and acres while brochures talk in square feet. The conversion, and two questions to ask before you trust a plot size.

Nagari Guntha team · 4 min read · written October 2026 · Updated

The short answer

Land here is sold in gunthas and acres while brochures talk in square feet. The conversion, and two questions to ask before you trust a plot size. 1 guntha = 1,089 sq.ft = about 101 m². 40 gunthas = 1 acre. The legal size is the one in the 7/12 extract, not the brochure. Ask whether road widening or setbacks reduce the usable area.

In short

  • 1 guntha = 1,089 sq.ft = about 101 m². 40 gunthas = 1 acre.
  • The legal size is the one in the 7/12 extract, not the brochure.
  • Ask whether road widening or setbacks reduce the usable area.

A seller says "five gunthas" and the brochure says 5,445 sq.ft. Both are right. A guntha is the everyday unit for land in Maharashtra: 1,089 square feet, about 101 square metres, or 33 feet by 33 feet. Forty gunthas make one acre.

A typical bungalow plot of 1,500 sq.ft is about 1.4 guntha. Twenty gunthas is half an acre: farmhouse land, not a city plot.

Why the brochure number can mislead

Two things change the size you actually get. First, the area in the 7/12 extract is what is legally recorded; a layout brochure sometimes shows a gross share. Ask for the 7/12 figure. Second, a plot on a road may lose a strip to road widening or a building setback. Ask whether the stated area is before or after that.

Check it on the ground

On a site visit, walk the boundary with a measuring tape and find the survey stones. If the paper and the ground disagree, find out why before you pay anything. We will walk it with you if you ask.

General information for Maharashtra, written for buyers in Ahilyanagar. Not legal or financial advice; rules change, so check with the source or a professional before you act.