Bhojpuri Units are the units of measurement that are used in the Bhojpuri region of India and Nepal.
Length
Table of equivalences
| Bhojpuri unit |
SI (metric)
|
Imperial units |
Traditional definition
|
| angul (๐๐๐๐ณ๐ช)
|
17 mm
|
2/3 Inch
|
A finger-breath, 3 Pains, 9 Suts
|
| Chaua (๐๐ธ๐)
|
67.73 mm
|
2.67 Inch
|
Four angul
|
| muttha (๐ง๐ณ๐๐น๐๐ฐ)
|
67.73 mm
|
2.67 Inch
|
Width of a Fist, Used in Shahabad Region instead of Chaua
|
| Bitta (๐ฅ๐ฑ๐๐น๐๐ฐ)
|
203.2 mm
|
8 inch
|
12 anguls
|
| Sut (๐ฎ๐ด๐)
|
17/27 mm
|
2/27 Inch
|
Thickness of a thread
|
| Pain (๐ฃ๐ถ๐ข)
|
51/27 mm
|
6/27 inch
|
3 Suts
|
| Tassur (๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฉ)
|
17 mm
|
2/3 Inch
|
A finger-breath, 3 Pains, 9 Suts, 1 angul (to measure wood, it's 2 angul)
|
| Gaj (๐๐; wood measure)
|
476 mm
|
56/3 inch
|
28 anguls (for measuring wood; hath is used instead
|
| Hanth (๐ฏ๐ฐ๐๐)
|
406 mm
|
16 Inch
|
24 angul, 2 Bitta. (Hath can vary from 15 to 20 inches, hence the average 18 inches can be considered as 1 Cubit)
|
| deg (๐๐ต๐) or Gaj
|
914.4 mm
|
36 Inch
|
2 Hath, 4 Bitta
|
| Girah (๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฏ)
|
57.15 mm
|
9/4 Inch
|
Length of Forefinger, 1/16 Gaj
|
| Laggi (๐ช๐๐น๐๐ฒ)
|
2743.2 mm
|
108 inch
|
3 Gaj (also called Baans or Lattha)
|
| Sikandari Gaj (๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐)
|
812 mm
|
32 Inch
|
48 angul, 2 haath (also called Barka Gaj)
|
| rasari (๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฒ)
|
48768 mm
|
1920 Inch
|
20 laggi (70 cubit in South-West Shahabad)
|
| kos (๐๐ท๐ฎ)
|
2926 meters
|
9600 feet
|
60 rasari (50 in South-West Shahabad);
|
Area
| Bhojpuri unit
|
SI ('Metric')
|
Relationship
|
| dhur (๐ก๐ด๐ฉ)
|
|
1 Square Laggi
|
| Kattha (๐๐๐น๐๐ฐ)
|
|
20 Dhur
|
| Bigaha (๐ฅ๐ฑ๐๐ฏ๐ฐ)
|
|
20 Kattha
|
| Pakka Bigaha
|
1337.8 sq. meter
|
Pakka Bigaha is 14400 sq. feet. Bigaha depends on laggi and hath which varies from 15 to 20 inches. Hence, the normal Bigaha varies.
|
Weight
| Bhojpuri unit
|
SI ('Metric')
|
Relationship
|
| ratti
|
0.12 Gram
|
|
| Maas
|
0.97 Gram
|
8 ratti
|
| Tola
|
|
12 Maas
|
| Chhaatank
|
|
5 Tola
|
| Ser
|
|
16 Chhatank
|
| adhpai
|
|
1/8 Ser
|
| pauwa
|
|
1/4 Ser
|
| Adhsera
|
|
1/2 Ser
|
| Teenpauwa
|
|
3/4 Ser
|
| Sawaiya
|
|
5/4 Ser
|
| Derhseri
|
|
3/2 Ser
|
| Arahiya
|
|
1/2 Paseri
|
| Paseri
|
|
5 Ser
|
| Dhaara
|
|
10 Ser
|
| Man
|
|
40 Ser
|
Proportion
Proportion is generally expressed by saying so many aana in a Rupiya. 16 aanas make one rupee. Thus, one aana in a rupee equal 1:16.
Bibliography
- Grierson, G.A. (1885). Bihar Peasant Life. London: The Bengal Secretariat Press.
- Tiwari, Arjun (2019). Bhojpuri Hindi Shabkosh (in Hindi) (1st ed.). Varanasi: Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan. ISBN 978-93-87643-11-6.
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