Marla to square feet converter, by authority, with kanal

Marla to square feet depends on where the land is. As of October 2026, under Punjab’s housing scheme rules and LDA’s regulations, 1 marla is 225 sq ft in Lahore district and 272 sq ft in every other Punjab district. A kanal is 20 marla in every rule we checked: 4,500 sq ft in Lahore, 5,440 sq ft elsewhere in Punjab. Pick your standard below and the converter gives square feet, square yards, square metres, marla and kanal.

1 marla is how many square feet?

There are three figures in use, and the law names two of them.

The 225 and 272 figures are written into law. The Punjab Development Authorities Private Housing Schemes Rules 2021, published in the Punjab Gazette on 7 December 2021, define a marla as “two hundred twenty-five square feet in Lahore district and two hundred seventy two square feet in other districts”. The 2010 Punjab housing scheme rules use almost the same words. LDA’s Building and Zoning Regulations 2019 repeat both figures.

DHA Lahore’s regulations define a marla as 25 square yards or 225 sq ft, and a kanal as 20 marla, 500 square yards or 4,500 sq ft.

The 272.25 figure is the marla standardised in British times: 9 square karams of 30.25 sq ft each. We took it from Wikipedia because we couldn’t open the Punjab revenue manuals. It differs from the 272 in the rules by a quarter of a square foot a marla, or 5 sq ft a kanal.

Marla to square feet table

All figures in square feet, our calculation from each standard.

How many square feet is 5 marla or 10 marla in Lahore?

By definition, 5 marla is 1,125 sq ft and 10 marla is 2,250 sq ft. A plot’s actual length and width don’t always multiply out to that. DHA Lahore’s regulations set these standard residential plot sizes:

Every size matches exactly except 10 marla, which is 10 sq ft short or 25 sq ft over. DHA’s regulations also allow non-standard plots where the layout was adjusted or re-planned. So for any plot, multiply its length by its width rather than relying on the label.

Is a marla 225 or 272 square feet outside Lahore?

Under the Punjab rules, 272 sq ft. A 5 marla plot in a housing scheme in Faisalabad, Multan or Gujranwala is then 1,360 sq ft.

But not every society follows that. DHA Gujranwala’s summary of its 2022 bye-laws lists a 5 marla plot as 25 x 45 ft and a 6 marla plot as 27 x 50 ft. That’s 1,125 and 1,350 sq ft, which works out to 225 sq ft a marla, even though Gujranwala is outside Lahore district. The summary doesn’t define the marla itself; the 225 is our calculation from its plot sizes.

So when a plot is advertised in marla outside Lahore, ask which marla it means, or ask for the plot’s dimensions.

What about Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Karachi?

In Karachi and other Sindh cities, property is measured mainly in square yards and square feet, according to Zameen. The converter takes square yards: 120 square yards is 1,080 sq ft, which is 4.8 marla at 225 sq ft.

How do I convert marla to square feet myself?

To go the other way, divide square feet by the marla size: 2,000 sq ft is 8.9 marla at 225, or 7.4 marla at 272.

How many kanal are in an acre?

LDA’s regulations define an acre as 43,560 sq ft, 4,840 square yards or 9.68 kanal. That figure uses the 4,500 sq ft kanal. With the traditional 272.25 sq ft marla, a kanal is 5,445 sq ft, so exactly 8 kanal make an acre.

Why the marla size matters when you buy

If a price is quoted per marla, a 272 sq ft marla gets you about 21% more land than a 225 sq ft one. Compare prices per square foot when plots come from different districts or societies.

For the costs of buying and selling, see tax on property sale in Pakistan and property transfer in Punjab. To check land records before you pay, see how to get a fard online.

If you plan solar panels, our solar calculator shows roof space in marla at 225 sq ft.

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