NUMBERING GUIDE

Indian Numbering System

A practical guide to commas, lakhs, crores, and writing Indian numbers in words.

How Indian numbers are grouped

After the first three digits from the right, the Indian system groups digits in pairs. This produces Thousand, Lakh, Crore, Arab and beyond.

1,00,000One Lakh

1,00,00,000One Crore

10,00,00,000Ten Crore

One lakh equals 100,000. Ten lakhs equal one million. One crore equals 10 million, while one billion equals 100 crore.

Why are commas different in India?

The first group contains three digits and the following groups contain two digits, reflecting lakh and crore units.

How do I write 1,25,000 in words?

One Lakh Twenty-Five Thousand.