Question: is acre bigger than bigha?
Answer: Various states and often regions within the same state have different sizes attributed to the bigha. It is usually less than one standard acre (43,560 square feet or 4,047 square metre) but can extend up to 3 acres (1.2 hectare). In Assam, a bigha is 14,400 square feet (1,340 m2), subdivided into 5 katha.