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3 posts about glossary.

Red-and-white painted wooden pegs joined by taut string mark out a rectangular plot on dry, cracked earth, with a stone wall and a village skyline behind.

Plot sizes and units: square feet, square metres, bigha and hectare

1,500 sq ft, 139.4 sq m, 166.7 gaj and 'one bigha' can all describe the same plot. How to put two plots in one unit before you compare a price.

8 Sep 2025

An empty white hoarding on two rusted steel posts stands over a colony of low houses as the sky turns orange at dusk.

Buying guides8 min read इश्तिहार की भाषा

Decoding the advertisement: seven phrases and the question each one hides

Prime location, approved, clear title, loan available — what each pamphlet phrase can honestly mean, and the one question that puts it on paper.

8 Sep 2025

An elderly pair of hands turning the ruled pages of a worn cloth-bound register on a wooden table by a window.

Papers & law8 min read काग़ज़ों के शब्द

Seven words on your papers: khasra, khatauni, diversion, FAR, mutation and more

Khasra, khatauni, diversion, layout sanction, guideline rate, FAR and setback, mutation: what each word on your plot's papers means, and why it matters.

8 Sep 2025

Read it. Then check it on the map.

Every colony's boundary, its approved layout, its zoning and its paperwork — on one screen. Signing in is free.

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