{"id":57391,"date":"2026-01-08T11:24:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T05:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=57391"},"modified":"2026-01-08T12:59:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T07:29:06","slug":"bigha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bigha\/","title":{"rendered":"Bigha"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bigha Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Assam government recently completed an eviction drive to clear alleged encroachment from around 6,200 bighas (nearly 830 hectares) of land in Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuary, affecting 710 families.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bigha<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> traditional unit of land measurement <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">commonly used in <\/span><b>India, Bangladesh, and Nepal.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> generally used for<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the measurement of <\/span><b>agricultural land,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> although it <\/span><b>may also be used for residential plots.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Historical Context:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>origins <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Bigha trace back to<\/span><b> ancient South Asian practices.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It originated from the <\/span><b>Sanskrit term \u2018vigraha,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019 which <\/span><b>translates to division.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Before <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the introduction of <\/span><b>modern units like the acre or hectare, landowners <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and f<\/span><b>armers relied on Bigha to calculate land for cultivation, taxation, and trade.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over time, it became deeply rooted in the cultural and economic fabric of these regions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Popular in states where farming is common,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bigha is used by farmers when measuring plots and negotiating land prices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This unit is most commonly used in the following Indian states: <\/span><b>Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> exact measurement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of bigha<\/span><b> differs from state to state<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, in West Bengal and Assam, one bigha equals about 14,400 sq.ft., while in Punjab, it measures approximately 9,070 sq.ft.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is <\/span><b>no national standard for the size of a bigha,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and it is <\/span><b>typically smaller than an acre,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is 43,560 sq.ft. or 4,047 sq.m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bigha has <\/span><b>several subunits in different places<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; some common ones are:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Katha<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Biswa<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Nalli<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Bigha in Bangladesh and Nepal:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Bangladesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><b> Standardized under British rule at 14,400 sq.ft<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1,340 sq.m.).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Nepal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: A bigha equals about <\/span><b>6,772.63 sq.m.,<\/b> <b>with local variations.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Facts about Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located on the <\/span><b>southern bank of the river Brahmaputra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Sonitpur district, <\/span><b>Assam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located on the <\/span><b>north side of Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and shares an <\/span><b>integral transboundary landscape of the Laokhowa-Burachapori Wildlife Sanctuary ecosystem.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Both the sanctuary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was notified as a<\/span><b> buffer zone of the Kaziranga Tiger Reserve <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 2007.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of the low-lying areas of the sanctuary are<\/span><b> vulnerable to flooding during summer.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flora: It is enveloped and adorned by <\/span><b>wet alluvial grasslands, riparian forests, and semi-evergreen forests.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a habitat of a wide range of wild animals, including t<\/span><b>igers, elephants, wild buffalos, one-horned rhinoceros<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, hog deer, and wild boar.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\">The avian inhabitants feature species like the <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Bengal florican, black-necked stork, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">open-billed stork, white-eyed pochard, mallard, spotbill, large whistling teal, and numerous others.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/india\/assam-6200-bigha-forest-land-cleared-by-two-day-eviction-710-families-displaced\/2820414\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PRINT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bigha is a traditional unit of land measurement commonly used in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. 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