Total extent of site: Calculator . 1 ground 1 square metre 1 acre 1 cent 1 square yard 2400 sq.ft 10.76 sq.ft.

43560 sq.ft. 435.6 sq.ft. 9 sq.ft.

Total extent of the site may be given in sq.ft., sq.m., grounds, acres, cents or square yards. The extent given is converted into square feet by the fair rent calculator. The following conversion table is used to convert values in other units to sq.ft Approx. 5.5 cents to a ground. In sq ft terms, 1 ground is 2,400 sq. ft and 1 cent is 435.6 sq ft. Separately, 1 acre=100 cents and 1 acre=18.15 grounds.

http://sizes.com/units/acre.htm In the English-speaking world, before 8th 21st century, the principal unit of land area. At one time many different acres existed in England, and this acre was often called the statute acre, to indicate it was the one established by law, at least as early as the 14th century. In places like the United States, where the statute acre is overwhelmingly predominant, the word statute is usually omitted. The (statute) acre is:

= 43,560 square feet = 4,840 square yards = 160 square rods = 1/640 square mile (that is, 0.001 562 5 sq. mile) about 0.404 687 3 hectare

In the United States, because the acre is a land measure it is currently based on the U.S. survey foot and not on the international foot. One acre is about 4,046.873 square meters. A square plot of ground, 208.7 feet on a side, will cover an acre. An American football field, 360 feet by 160 feet, is about 1.3 acres; 12 high school basketball courts are a little more than 1 acre. Here's a way for city dwellers to use a Google map of their neighborhood to get a feel for how big an acre is. The acre is not a measure of surface area on the actual surface of the earth, but on an imaginary, hillless, standardized ellipsoid. That result comes from using only strictly horizontal dimensions in calculating acreage. For more information, please see the third section of FAQ.

2 In England, 11th 19th century, a unit of length = 4 perches or rods, = 66 feet, the width of the original acre. In medieval documents it usually, if not always, appears as part of a qualifying phrase that indicates that the width is meant. For example: three acres wide #781 in Kemble, Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici. ..iii acera brda... Legis elstan, IV 5. ...ix acrae latitudine... Legis Hen I, cap. xvi.

In the 17th century this distance became the length of the surveyor's chain. This length is also the distance between wickets in cricket, and the width of the strip of land that could be acquired by eminent domain for a road in the less-developed parts of the British Commonwealth. The acre survived as a 66-foot unit of length into the 19th century in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. In Derbyshire it could be either 84 or 96 feet, while in Yorkshire as a unit of length the acre was 84 feet.1 1. Second Report. Page 6. 3 In England the acre was also a unit of tax assessment. As such, it was not strictly related to the actual dimensions of the property. The following terms are mostly used by modern scholars:

the geld acre: in Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, the acre as a unit of assessment of the king's geld, the crown tax. So for example, a person down in the tax rolls as the holder of 40 geld acres might, but probably didnt, hold 40 areal acres (6400 square rods) of land. If the tax were, say, 2 shillings per acre, he owed 80 shillings, regardless of the actual size of his property. the ware acre: In East Anglia, 1/120th of a carucate (also in this case not an areal unit), a unit of assessment of taxes due the king that were to be paid in something other than money (for example, in fodder for horses).

4 In Normandy, 13th 15th centuries?, a unit of land area = 160 square perches (each perch of 22 pieds), = 77,449 square pieds, about 8172 square meters. This unit was probably brought back from England to Normandy in the years following the Norman invasion. Local variations were plentiful, varying with the length of the perch. Resources H. Navel (Commandant). Recherches sur les anciennes mesures agraires normandes. Acres, verges et perches. Caen: Jouan et Bigot, 1932.

July 04, 2009 Procedures to start a new school in Tamil Nadu to be streamlined says, The Hindu. A committee, headed by M.P. Vijayakumar, former State Project Director of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), is now holding public hearings and it will submit its report to the Government/Department of

School Education shortly. While the committee had its sittings in Chennai and Coimbatore, it will hold its hearing in Madurai on July 4 to receive suggestions from schools in southern districts. When someone wants to start a school or get the mandatory renewal for a school, he/she has to go through many procedures. So, the State government has constituted a committee to address the issue," Mr. Vijayakumar, committee chairperson, told The Hindu here on Sunday. The government was "seriously concerned" over the difficulties faced by school managements in getting the necessary clearance and certificates. "For instance, every school applies for renewal once in three years and there are cases where it takes two years to get the clearance. By the time, the next renewal becomes due. This was brought to our attention at the two hearings held so far," Mr. Vijayakumar, who is also an honorary advisor to SSA, said. According to him, the committee would hear directly from all stakeholders - State Board/Matriculation Board and nursery schools - about difficulties they encounter. Mr. Vijayakumar said the final report would be submitted in about a month. It would be interesting to see what the report has to say. In an earlier post, I had looked at Mayank Wadhwa's note on the licenses required to start a school in Delhi. Update: The Hindu carried a report on the public hearing at Madurai on July 4th. The State government is seriously concerned over the delays in obtaining recognition certificate for starting a school and also at the time of renewal. So, this committee was formed to look into the means for simplified and streamlined procedures, Mr. Vijayakumar said in his opening remarks. He said that the objective of forming the committee was to examine how to reduce the time taken by various departments for issuing the mandatory certificates to schools in both urban and rural areas. The common suggestion that came from the school correspondents and principals was that the officials of School Education Department in all districts must have powers to deal with issuing of certificates if all parameters were satisfied as per the Government norms. Town planning approval, Fire Department certificate, building stability certificate, local body approvals and license from the tahsildhar were among the topics discussed. Some participants suggested that the norm of obtaining renewal certificate by private schools once in three years can be revised to at least five years. Every time we go for renewal, documents and photographs of buildings have to be submitted. That practice may be done with to simplify the job for both the schools and department officials, a school Principal said. Posted by Satya in Business of Education | Permalink

10 applications to start matriculation schools rejected By Shastry V Mallady MADURAI, FEB.22-2005. Ten applications seeking permission to start new matriculation schools from the next academic year at various places, including Madurai, have been rejected for want of adequate infrastructure and other shortcomings. The proposals, submitted to the inspector of matriculation schools, December last were not accepted after the authorities had carried out inspection in the last few weeks and found that the schools did not meet the norms prescribed by the Government. Official sources here said the proposals (for having classes from one to six) were submitted for starting 11 matriculation schools in Madurai, Sivaganga and Virudhunagar districts "but only one school met the guidelines and got the clearance." The remaining 10 applications were rejected and the applicants asked to improve the amenities provided on the school campus. Common deficiency While the common deficiency in these schools was lack of infrastructure, absence of adequate space was also found and hence, the applications were rejected. The applications were submitted before December 31 last year, the last date to apply for starting new matriculation schools from the academic year 2005-06, and the inspection teams visited the places since January. Only one application from Rajapalayam was found satisfactory and it was forwarded to the Director of Matriculation Schools, for further clearance, the sources said. According to officials, the Government was giving more emphasis to safety standards and infrastructure in schools after the fire tragedy in Kumbakonam and hence all the existing schools were asked to meet the required criteria. Inspection in all schools Meanwhile, the authorities of matriculation schools are undertaking inspection at all the 165 matriculation schools in Madurai district. Some of the schools that are functioning from a cramped place have been asked to shift to a better location "and following this some schools have applied for shifting the school to other locations." Meanwhile, the Inspector of Matriculation Schools , J. Sathyavathi, who is in-charge of Madurai, Sivaganga and Virudhunagar districts, said partial shifting of schools would not be allowed under any circumstance. "All the classes have to be shifted and should function from a single campus," she said. The cases of unqualified teachers working in matriculation schools were also being looked into, the IMS said.

The prescribed land area for new school is: six grounds of land in corporation limits, eight grounds in district headquarters, 10 grounds for municipality, one acre for town panchayat and three acres for panchayat. Ms. Sathyavathi said any loopholes could be traced when the schools came for renewal of recognition. A total of 67,109 students are studying in matriculation schools in Madurai district from nursery to higher secondary classes. Printer friendly page