Square foot to square metres
1 square foot = 0.002296 cents = 0.0929 sq m. 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.
Square feet to square metres
| sq ft | sq m |
|---|---|
| 10 sq ft | 0.929 sq m |
| 20 sq ft | 1.86 sq m |
| 50 sq ft | 4.65 sq m |
| 100 sq ft | 9.29 sq m |
| 200 sq ft | 18.58 sq m |
| 500 sq ft | 46.45 sq m |
| 1,000 sq ft | 92.9 sq m |
Square metres to square feet
| sq m | sq ft |
|---|---|
| 1 sq m | 10.76 sq ft |
| 2 sq m | 21.53 sq ft |
| 5 sq m | 53.82 sq ft |
| 10 sq m | 107.64 sq ft |
| 20 sq m | 215.28 sq ft |
| 50 sq m | 538.2 sq ft |
| 100 sq m | 1,076 sq ft |
Where these units are used
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.
Square metre — Official records, approvals, sanction drawings. What planning authorities actually compute in: FSI, setbacks and coverage in the building rules are all metric, so a sanction drawing is metric even where the sale was agreed in grounds.
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.
- Ankanam to sq ft — 1 ankanam = 72 sq ft — Nellore and Tirupati.
- 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.
Common questions
How many square metres in 1 square foot?
1 square foot = 0.0929 sq m. It is a definition rather than a measurement, so the figure is the same everywhere the unit is used.
How many square feet in 1 square metre?
1 square metre = 10.76 sq ft. A square metre is the larger unit of the two.
Where is the square foot used?
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.
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.