Reverse bill calculator — taka to units
Know the amount but not the units? Enter what you were charged — a single figure, or the peak and off-peak split — pick your meter category, and see how many units that buys and the real price per unit.
Bill amount → units & price per unit
Turn off if the bill charges a single flat rate.
at ৳18.43/unit
at ৳13.82/unit
How it works: Units = Amount ÷ rate per unit.
For a peak / off-peak meter each bucket is divided by its own rate, then combined for the blended average.
This reverses the main bill calculator — enter money, get units.
From taka to units — reversing the electricity bill
The normal calculator turns units into taka. This one does the opposite: you know the amount charged, and you want the units and the real price per unit.
The essentials
- Units = amount charged ÷ rate per unit — that single formula is the whole calculator
- On a peak / off-peak (TOU) meter each bucket has its own rate, so divide each separately
- The 'price per unit' people ask about is the blended average of all the buckets
A real question
A DESCO commercial meter, worked out
A reader wrote in: a DESCO commercial meter, ৳6,480 charged at the peak rate and ৳13,360 at the off-peak rate, roughly ৳19,829 in total — what is the price per unit? The amounts are money; to get a per-unit price you first have to recover the units behind each amount.
Using the LT-E commercial rates in this tool (peak ৳18.43, off-peak ৳13.82), the peak taka buys about 6,480 ÷ 18.43 = 352 units, and the off-peak taka buys 13,360 ÷ 13.82 = 967 units — roughly 1,319 units in all. Divide the total energy charge by that and the blended rate lands near ৳15 per unit.
The math
One formula, applied per bucket
The peak and off-peak sub-charges printed on a bill are energy amounts before VAT. VAT (5%) is added on the total, and a demand charge based on your sanctioned load (kW) sits on top of that — neither changes the units. If the figures you have already include VAT, flip the toggle and the tool divides them back out first.
Where it helps
When you reach for this
Checking a prepaid recharge
Auditing a commercial bill
Comparing meters or months
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