Built for Indian sites — IS 456 / IS 10262

Concrete material calculator for cement, sand & aggregate.

Enter your volume and grade. Get exact cement bags, sand, aggregate and water for M5 to M25 — in m³, cft and brass. Then roll it into a full project estimate.

1.54 dry-volume factor 50 kg bag basis cost in the BOQ
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Mix proportion1 : 1.5 : 3
Cement
Sand
Aggregate
Dry volume applied: 1.0 × 1.54 = 1.54 i Dry materials take more space than finished wet concrete, so the wet volume is multiplied by the 1.54 bulking factor (standard site practice, not a fixed code value) before splitting into cement, sand and aggregate. See the method →
Cement — order this
8 bags
net need 8.1 bags, rounded up with 5% cushion · 403 kg
Water (approx)
201 litres
Sand
0.420
651 kg
Aggregate
0.840
1260 kg

Order figures include your wastage cushion. 5% suits clean bagged-cement work; 10–15% is for rough site conditions, uneven subgrade or wet-mix spillage. Sand and aggregate shown are net volumes.

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Optional. Enter your market rates to see the raw material cost for cement, sand and aggregate only — not a full project cost (no steel, labour or transport). Units match the BOQ estimator.

Nominal method — dry vol × 1.54, split by ratio Build a full BOQ →
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units — m³, cft & brass
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The part the others don't have

From one calculation to a full, costed Bill of Quantities.

Every cement-sand-aggregate tool stops at quantities. This one keeps going — add slabs, columns and footings into a single project, price it at your rates, and export a clean BOQ.

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Stack a slab + columns + footings into one estimate — not one calculation at a time.
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Your rates, your totals
Editable cement, sand and aggregate rates feed a running project cost in ₹.
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A shareable bill of quantities with the method shown — for clients, procurement or records.
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How it works

Quantities in three steps. The maths shown, not hidden.

01

Enter volume & grade

Type your wet concrete volume and pick a grade. The mix ribbon shows the cement:sand:aggregate split live.

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We apply the dry factor

Wet volume × 1.54 gives dry volume, split by the mix ratio. Cement converts to 50 kg bags at 0.0347 m³ each.

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Cost it & export

Add results to a project, apply your rates, and download the bill of quantities as PDF.

Common questions

Concrete material, answered.

How much cement, sand and aggregate is in 1 m³ of M20 concrete? +

For M20 (1:1.5:3), dry volume is 1 × 1.54 = 1.54 m³. Split by the 5.5 total parts: about 0.28 m³ cement (~8 bags / 403 kg), 0.42 m³ sand and 0.84 m³ aggregate, with around 200 litres of water at a 0.5 water-cement ratio.

Why multiply by 1.54? +

Dry materials occupy more space than the finished wet concrete because mixing and compaction fill the voids between particles. The 1.54 factor converts wet volume to the dry volume of ingredients you actually buy.

How many bags of cement are in 1 m³? +

It depends on the grade. One 50 kg bag occupies about 0.0347 m³. M20 needs roughly 8 bags per m³, M15 about 6.3, and M25 about 11. The richer the mix, the more cement.

Can I work in cubic feet or brass? +

Yes. Toggle the unit at the top of the calculator. One brass equals 100 cft equals 2.83168 m³ — the unit most Indian sites use for sand and aggregate deliveries.

What is the difference between the nominal and design methods? +

The nominal method splits dry volume by the mix ratio — simple and standard. The design method fixes cement by typical content per m³ (about 345 kg/m³ for M20), which is more procurement-accurate and usually gives a slightly different bag count.

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