Bahi Khata Size Guide: How to Pick the Right Register for Your Shop

Most shopkeepers do not choose a khata by its name — they choose it by size, and by feel. The trouble is that a catalogue listing gives you inches, a bhan count and a ruling style, and none of them tell you whether the book will actually suit your counter. This guide explains what each part of the listing means and how to pick without guessing.

The three things that decide the book

• Size in inches — the written size of the page. This decides how many entries fit on a page and whether the book sits comfortably where you write.
• Binding — a simple single book, a folding khata that opens into a longer page, or a tich button register with hard covers that survive constant use.
• Ruling — ruled for accounts, plain for notes and drawings, and some books are available with both on the same page.

Start from the book you already use

The quickest way to get the size right is to measure the book you are using now — the height of the page and its width, in inches. Then match those numbers to the listings. If your old book is comfortable and the new one is the same size, you already know it works.

The sizes in our range, and what they suit

• 6-3/4 x 14 inch — the familiar single khata size for daily entries at a small counter. See the Single Khata 6 Bhan 6-3/4 x 14 Inch | Accounting Book.
• 6-3/4 x 28 inch — the same width in a folding khata, so the open page is wide. See the Folding Khata 6 Bhan 6-3/4 x 28 Inch | Account Book.
• 7-1/2 x 28 inch — a folding khata with a generous page for shops writing many lines a day, such as the Folding Khata 8 Bhan 7-1/2 x 28 inch | Account Book.
• 8-1/2 x 14 inch — a single rokad for cash entries, such as the Single Rokad 8 Bhan 8-1/2 x 14 Inch | Bahi Khata Accounting Book.
• 8-1/2 x 7 inch — a small, hard-bound book for a compact counter; see the Copy Bahi Tich Button 8-1/2 x 7 Inch107 gsm(BILT PAPER) | Traditional Bahi Khata Accounting Book or the Copy Ledger Tich Button 8-1/2 x 7 Inch | Business Accounting & Ledger Register Book.
• 8 x 13 inch — a mid-size register, for example the Perfating Register 8 Bhan 8 x 13 Inch | Office Accounting & Record Keeping Register Book.
• 10 x 7-1/2 inch — a portable register that fits in a bag, like the Boli-H Register 10 x 7-1/2 Inch | Business Accounting & Daily Record Register Book.
• 5-1/2 x 9 inch — a small copy and register size for short entries, such as the J Form Copy Register 5-1/2 x 9 Inch | Bahi Khata Business Entry Copy Book.
• 17 x 28 inch — the full-size register for main accounts, ruled or plane-and-ruled, for example the Canvas Ruled Register Book 17 x 28 Plane+Ruled | Durable Bahi Khata Accounting Register or the Copy Canvas Plain 8 Bhan 17 x 28 Inch | Account Book.
• 22 x 29 size, 6 x 14 inch page — a large register in the tich button style, such as the Kitab 22 x 29 Plane Size 6 x 14 Account Book.

What “bhan” means on the label

Along with the inches, khata names carry a bhan count — six bhan, eight bhan — because that is how the trade has always labelled these books. If you are replacing a book you were happy with, use the inches as your reference and keep the same bhan count; if you are buying for the first time, the inches are the safer number to decide by.

Ruled, plain, or plane and ruled

Ruled pages are what accounts need: columns and lines keep figures tidy and make it obvious when an entry is missing. Plain pages are for notes, stock lists and rough work. If a shop needs both, a plane-and-ruled register gives you each type on its own page and saves keeping two books.

Matching the book to the job

• Daily sales and expenses at the counter: a Account Book.
• Cash in and cash out only: a Cash Book.
• Name-wise accounts and totals: a Ledger Register.
• Bills and stock papers: a File Book.

Every product page lists the exact size, ruling and binding, so you can compare before ordering. Browse the whole range on our shop page.