> http://www.indiamart.com/scientific-engineering/survey-instrument.html#land-measuring-chainbr >
That's funny. Look at the top of that webpage, it's "SEECO". [sarcasm]Those con-artists are SOOO ingenious.[/sarcasm]
"It takes nearly two months for surveyors to master the art..."
That's actually pretty cool. After all the technology that has come our way, you can still get stuff done with "sticks & string". I bet ol' Mujibar still scratches dirt pictures with his finger in the dirt for the contractors like I do. 😉
As for the website....
"Hilooo. Tank you for cawling SEECOO. This is "Larry"..hawmaywee hep you today?"
Larry
> Hilooo. Tank you for cawling SEECOO. This is "Larry"..hawmaywee hep you today?"
No, this is Larry.
interestingly, it's good to know they use acres
I particularly like the unit "bigas"....an acre is 4 and 4/5 bigas. Who knew?
Murabba means a land block of 25 acres (100,000 m2)
1 Acres=4840 square yards
Khasra No. means a number assigned to a block of land
Patti is composed of khasra numbers
Muzaira means cultivator who does not own land
Khatouni- revenue record
Land measurement units
8 Kanals=1 acre
acre is also called quilla or ghumaon
20 marlas= 1 kanal
160 marlas=1 acre
1 marla=9 square karams
1 karam=5.5 feet
1 acre= 4 bigas+ 16 biswas (20th part)
1 acre=4 and 4/5 bigas
1 acre= 96 biswas
Stuff like this makes candy out of the vara.