Format a number using the Indian digit-grouping system (Lakh/Crore) and compare it with the international format.
How to Use the Indian Number System Tool
Enter a whole number into the box (commas are ignored).
Click "Convert".
See the Indian format, international format, and place value breakdown (Lakh, Crore, etc.).
How the Commas Are Placed
The tool removes any commas you typed, then sets aside the last three digits (hundreds, tens and ones). Everything to the left of those is split into pairs, working from right to left, with a comma between each pair. The international format simply places a comma after every three digits.
For the place value breakdown, the number is divided by each unit in turn, from Kharab down to Hundred, and whatever is left over is shown at the end. Only units with a non-zero count are listed.
Examples
Indian Format:
International Format:
Place Value Breakdown:
25,00,000
2,500,000
25 Lakh
1,23,45,678
12,345,678
1 Crore, 23 Lakh, 45 Thousand, 6 Hundred, 78
14,50,00,000
145,000,000
14 Crore, 50 Lakh
75,00,00,00,000
75,000,000,000
75 Arab
Reading the second row aloud in the Indian style: one crore, twenty-three lakh, forty-five thousand, six hundred and seventy-eight. In international terms it is twelve million, three hundred forty-five thousand, six hundred seventy-eight.
Indian Place Value Chart
Indian place
Value
International name
Thousand
1,000
Thousand
Ten thousand
10,000
Ten thousand
Lakh
1,00,000
Hundred thousand
Ten lakh
10,00,000
Million
Crore
1,00,00,000
Ten million
Ten crore
10,00,00,000
Hundred million
Arab (hundred crore)
1,00,00,00,000
Billion
Kharab (hundred arab)
1,00,00,00,00,000
Hundred billion
Where the Indian Format Is Used
Banking and cheques: amounts on cheques, demand drafts and loan documents in India are normally written in lakh and crore, both in figures and in words. Writing the figures with Indian commas makes it easier to match them with the amount in words.
Government and news reporting: budgets, tax collections and company results are usually given in lakh or crore. Arab and kharab are rarely used today; very large sums are more often expressed as "lakh crore", such as ₹5 lakh crore.
Spreadsheets and software: many programs can display Indian grouping when the region is set to English (India). If you paste a figure from a foreign report, use the international format here to read it correctly before converting.
The tool accepts whole numbers only, up to 15 digits. Decimals, minus signs, spaces and currency symbols are rejected, so enter paise or fractions separately.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Indian system places commas after the first three digits from the right, then every two digits after that (e.g. 1,23,45,678), while the international system places a comma every three digits (e.g. 12,345,678).
1 Lakh = 100,000, 1 Crore = 10,000,000 (100 Lakh), 1 Arab = 100 Crore, and 1 Kharab = 100 Arab — each successive unit is 100 times the previous one.
It supports whole numbers up to 15 digits, which comfortably covers everyday and even very large financial or statistical figures.
In the Indian system each named unit above a thousand is 100 times the previous one: thousand, lakh, crore, arab. Two digits are enough to count up to 99 of each unit before moving to the next, so the commas fall every two digits once you pass the thousands.
Yes. All commas are stripped before conversion, so 12,345,678 and 1,23,45,678 give the same result. Remove any spaces, decimal points or ₹ symbols first, as those are not accepted.