Ankanam to square feet
1 ankanam = 72 sq ft = 0.1653 cents = 6.69 sq m. Customarily 72 sq ft (8 sq yards) across coastal Andhra, and that is the figure used here. It is the least standardised unit on this page: some districts reckon an ankanam at 60 sq ft and a few at 64, so confirm which one a seller means before you agree a price on it.
Ankanams to square feet
| ankanam | sq ft |
|---|---|
| 1 ankanam | 72 sq ft |
| 2 ankanams | 144 sq ft |
| 5 ankanams | 360 sq ft |
| 10 ankanams | 720 sq ft |
| 20 ankanams | 1,440 sq ft |
| 50 ankanams | 3,600 sq ft |
| 100 ankanams | 7,200 sq ft |
Square feet to ankanams
| sq ft | ankanam |
|---|---|
| 50 sq ft | 0.6944 ankanams |
| 100 sq ft | 1.39 ankanams |
| 250 sq ft | 3.47 ankanams |
| 500 sq ft | 6.94 ankanams |
| 1,000 sq ft | 13.89 ankanams |
| 2,500 sq ft | 34.72 ankanams |
| 5,000 sq ft | 69.44 ankanams |
Where these units are used
Ankanam — Andhra Pradesh — Nellore, Tirupati, Chittoor. Customarily 72 sq ft (8 sq yards) across coastal Andhra, and that is the figure used here. It is the least standardised unit on this page: some districts reckon an ankanam at 60 sq ft and a few at 64, so confirm which one a seller means before you agree a price on it.
Square foot — All India. The unit almost every Indian property is finally priced in — builders quote ₹ per sq ft, and a plot's own dimensions are spoken in feet. Whatever unit a listing uses, the negotiation ends up here.
Other conversions
- Ground to sq ft — 1 ground = 2,400 sq ft — the Chennai land unit.
- Cent to sq ft — 1 cent = 435.6 sq ft — Tamil Nadu and Kerala land.
- Ground to cent — 1 ground = 5.51 cents — the two Tamil Nadu units.
- Sq yard to sq ft — 1 sq yard (gaj) = 9 sq ft exactly.
- Guntha to sq ft — 1 guntha = 1,089 sq ft — 40 to the acre.
- Acre to cent — 1 acre = 100 cents, exactly by definition.
- Sq ft to sq m — Sale figures in feet, approval figures in metres.
Common questions
How many square feet in 1 ankanam?
1 ankanam = 72 sq ft. It is a definition rather than a measurement, so the figure is the same everywhere the unit is used, with the district caveat below.
How many ankanams in 1 square foot?
1 square foot = 0.0139 ankanams. A square foot is smaller than a ankanam, so it takes more than one to make it up.
Where is the ankanam used?
Andhra Pradesh — Nellore, Tirupati, Chittoor. Customarily 72 sq ft (8 sq yards) across coastal Andhra, and that is the figure used here. It is the least standardised unit on this page: some districts reckon an ankanam at 60 sq ft and a few at 64, so confirm which one a seller means before you agree a price on it.
Does an area tell me the plot's shape?
No — and this is where buyers get caught. The same area is a comfortable plot or an unbuildable ribbon depending on its frontage: setbacks eat a fixed strip off every side, so a narrow deep plot loses far more of its area than a square one. Always ask for the frontage and depth in feet, then check what the rules actually let you build on those dimensions.
These are unit definitions, not a survey. The area on a sale deed comes from the surveyed extent, which can differ from what a listing quotes — check the patta, the FMB sketch and the deed before you pay anything.