FILE G · GLOSSARY · Survey & measurement

Gunta

గుంట

Also: Guntas, Kuntha

MEANING

The everyday unit of land — one-fortieth of an acre, about 121 square yards.

Land talk in Telangana runs in acres and guntas ("two acres thirty guntas"). 40 guntas = 1 acre; 1 gunta = 121 sq yd ≈ 101 sq m.