Cent (area)

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

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 1⁄100 of an acre (40.5 m²; 435.6 sq ft). It is still used in many news reports^[1] and real estate deals.^[2]

• List of customary units of measurement in South Asia
• Ankanam