Chanvar Explained

Chanvar fields encompass single plot of 96,000 bhigas of cultivable land without any houses on it. It is part of Gangetic flood plains of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh. (Bhiga means wet or wetted;^[1] 1 bhiga = 100 square rods, 3025 square yards or 0.2529 hectares; 96,000 bhigas accordingly encompasses 60,000 acres.^[2])

See also

• Cartography of India
• Great Trigonometric Survey
• Nibi Gaharwar

References

1. Book: Turner , Sir Ralph Lilley . Ralph Lilley Turner . Dorothy Rivers Turner . A comparative dictionary of the Indo-Aryan languages. . December 31, 2012 . Accompanied by three supplementary volumes: indexes, compiled by Dorothy Rivers Turner: 1969. – Phonetic analysis: 1971. – Addenda et corrigenda: 1985. . 1962 . January 2006 . Oxford University Press . London . 542 . 9500 : bhigā ' wet '.
2. http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/area/rod2.html convert-me square rod

External links

• Harvesting at Nibi Gaharwar Chanvar Fields