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Million To Lakh

Million to Lakh Converter

Convert million to lakh and back

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A million is 1,000,000 (106) in the International place-value system. A lakh is 100,000 (105) in the Indian numbering system. 1 million = 10 lakh.

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1 million = 10 lakh (International system to Indian numbering system).

The Indian numbering system groups large numbers differently from the international system, making a direct comparison between “million” and “lakh” figures easy to get wrong without a proper conversion.

How to use this million to lakh converter

  1. Enter a value in the Million field to see the equivalent in lakh.
  2. Or enter a value in the Lakh field to see the equivalent in millions, either field updates the other automatically.

What this converter does

A million is 1,000,000 (10⁶) in the International place-value system. A lakh is 100,000 (10⁵) in the Indian numbering system, one of the units (along with crore) that distinguishes Indian numerical convention from the international one.

1 million = 10 lakh

Why the Indian numbering system groups digits differently

The international system groups large numbers in sets of three digits (thousand, million, billion), while the Indian system groups the first three digits together and then switches to pairs (lakh at 10⁵, crore at 10⁷), which is why Indian numbers are conventionally written with commas in different positions, for example 10,00,000 rather than 1,000,000, even though both represent the identical value.

Frequently asked questions

How many lakh are in a million?

10 lakh make up 1 million, since a lakh is 100,000 and a million is 1,000,000.

Why are Indian numbers written with commas in different places?

The Indian numbering system groups digits differently from the international system, the first three digits together, then in pairs after that (for lakh and crore), which produces a different comma placement than the international thousand/million/billion grouping, even for the same numeric value.