Convert between Marla, Kanal, Square Feet, Square Yards, Acres and Square Meters — the units used on every plot listing and construction estimate in Pakistan.
Uses the standard Punjab convention: 1 Marla = 272.25 sqft (25 sq yards), 1 Kanal = 20 Marla. A small number of older deeds use a 225 sqft Marla — check your registry documents if converting a legal record, not just a listing.
Marla and Kanal are traditional South Asian land units. Modern Pakistani real estate — and the figures this converter uses — standardized on 1 Marla = 272.25 sqft after the metric-linked revision adopted by development authorities like LDA and DHA. Some older registry documents from before that revision use 1 Marla = 225 sqft, so always cross-check against your specific property's registry (fard) for legal or ownership purposes.
20 Marla make a Kanal (5,445 sqft), and — conveniently — 8 Kanal make exactly 1 Acre (43,560 sqft), since an acre is itself a fixed, internationally defined unit. This is why property ads for large plots often switch from Marla to Kanal to Acres as the size grows.