The cent is a customary unit of measurement still used in some parts of southern Indian states such as Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka despite the usual use of metric units for other instances. One cent is defined as an area of 1100 of an acre (40.5 m2; 435.6 sq ft). It is still used in many news reports[1] and real estate deals.[2]

cent
If the larger box is an acre, the smaller box is a cent
General information
Unit ofArea
Symbolcent
Derivation1 cent = 0.01 acre
Conversions
1 cent in ...... is equal to ...
   SI units   40.46856 m2
   Imperial units   48.40000 sq yd

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1 cent in common area units
Unit Value
Square feet 435.6000
Acres 0.01000000
Hectares 0.004046856
Square metres 40.46856
Square inches 62,726.40
Square yards 48.40000
Square centimetres 404,685.6

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