Concept:People measure land at different places using different units.The major units used are:AcreHectareSquare meterExplanation:Lottery farming:This type of farming is practised in Mizoram and some parts of Jharkhand and Tripura.In the village council (panchayat) the lottery system is organized for which family will get how much land for farming.They believe that the land belongs to the whole village and not to separate people.So, they take turns doing farming in different parts of the village.The chit (Lottery) system decides who get the land.A beautiful pot made of bamboo was shaken well.One chit was taken out.People ask for the land on the basis of Tin.The land on which we grow one tin of seeds is called one tin of land.?Thus, tin means a land on which a farmer grows one tin of seeds.