Where area conversions actually come up
Area conversions dominate Indian and Southeast Asian real estate: legal land records (7/12 extracts in Maharashtra, Patta Chitta in Tamil Nadu) express holdings in hectares, but farmers, buyers and brokers still speak in acres, guntas, or bighas. Global commercial real estate similarly mixes sq ft and sq m depending on lease origin. Rule of thumb: 1 acre ≈ 0.4 hectare; 1 sq m ≈ 10.76 sq ft; 1 bigha varies by state (Bengal 1600 sq yd, UP 27225 sq ft).