Lakh & Crore Converter
Convert between lakh, crore, million and billion, with Indian and international digit grouping.
Frequently Asked Questions
1 lakh is 100,000, which is 0.1 million. So 10 lakh make 1 million, and 25 lakh are 2.5 million.
1 crore is 10,000,000, which is 10 million. 100 crore make 1 billion.
The Indian system groups the first three digits and then every two digits after that (1,00,00,000), matching lakh and crore. The international system groups every three digits (10,000,000), matching thousand, million and billion.
100 crore is called an arab (1 billion) and 100 arab a kharab (100 billion), though in everyday use large amounts are usually still said in crore, for example 1,000 crore for 10 billion.