In India, gold and silver are mostly used for jewellery. These days, the prices of both metals are rising fast. Not only gold, but silver is also making new records every day.
In India, even today, many people buy gold from small shops. People still call it tola when buying gold. But officially, gold is bought and sold in grams. When women go to the jeweller’s shop to make jewellery, they often bargain in tola. This raises an important question – how many grams are there in one tola?
Very few people know the exact answer. Today, we will tell you the story of how one tola is measured in grams.
How many grams of gold are there in 1 tola?
In India, gold is measured in both modern and traditional units. Today, grams (g) and kilograms (kg) are the most common units for buying and selling gold in the market. But many people in India still buy gold in tola or call it tola.
One tola has about 11.66 grams of gold.
On the commodity exchange MCX, gold is traded in units of 10 grams. Bigger units are also available, while gold ETFs (exchange traded funds) use very small units, sometimes as small as 0.01 grams.
Other popular gold units in India
Apart from tola, other units are also used in India. These include bhari and masha. In the south, savaran (8 grams) and varahan (3.4 grams) are also common.
1 Tola = about 11.66 grams
1 Bhari = about 11.66–12 grams
1 Masha = about 0.97 grams
1 Savaran = 8 grams
1 Varahan = 3.4 grams