Bedsheet Size Guide India 2026: Single, Double, Queen and King in Inches

Short answer: Indian bedsheets come in four practical sizes — single 60×90 inches, double 90×100 inches, queen 90×100 inches, and king 108×108 inches. "Double" and "queen" are usually the same sheet sold under two names, and king is the only size where the listing number genuinely changes. That overlap is the single biggest reason people order the wrong sheet.

The mattress has standard sizes. The sheet does not. Those are two different measurement systems, and Indian listings mix them freely.

What are the standard bedsheet sizes in India?

Flat bedsheets, the kind sold with two pillow covers:

Size	Sheet (inches)	Sheet (cm)	Fits mattress
Single	60 × 90	152 × 229	72 × 36 in
Single XL	60 × 90	152 × 229	78 × 36 in
Double	90 × 100	229 × 254	72 × 48 in
Queen	90 × 100	229 × 254	78 × 60 in
King	108 × 108	274 × 274	78 × 72 in

The sheet is always much larger than the mattress because a flat sheet has to tuck. Roughly 10-12 inches of overhang per side is what makes a sheet stay put overnight.

Note what the table shows: double and queen share one sheet size. A seller listing a 90×100 sheet may call it double, queen, or "double/queen" depending on who wrote the title. The number is the fact. The word is marketing.

Is a double bedsheet the same as a queen bedsheet?

In India, almost always yes — at 90×100 inches. The mattresses differ (a queen is a foot wider and six inches longer), but a 90×100 flat sheet covers both. It just tucks deeper on the double.

This breaks in two cases. Fitted sheets are cut to a specific mattress, so a fitted double will not stretch over a queen. And imported or premium ranges sometimes use US sizing, where queen flat is genuinely larger than double.

If the listing says fitted, the mattress size matters. If it says flat, the sheet size matters. Read which one you are buying before comparing prices.

How do I measure my mattress correctly?

Measure the mattress, never the bed frame or the old sheet.

1. Length and width across the top surface, corner to corner, with the old sheet removed.
2. Depth from the top surface to the base, at the side, not the corner.
3. Round up to the nearest standard size. Indian mattresses are cut to 72/78 inch lengths and 36/48/60/72 inch widths.
4. Add a mattress topper to the depth if you use one. A 2-inch topper turns an 8-inch mattress into a 10-inch one for fitted-sheet purposes.
5. Write the numbers down in inches and cm. Half the listings state one, half the other.

Depth only matters for fitted sheets. For a flat sheet it is irrelevant — you are tucking, not stretching.

Flat or fitted — which should I buy?

Flat is the default in India, forgiving about mattress size, easier to wash and dry, and cheaper. It comes loose overnight if you move a lot.

Fitted has elastic on all four edges and stays put, but it must match both the mattress footprint and its depth. Get the depth wrong and the corners pop off, which is worse than a loose flat sheet.

Fitted has become far more common at budget prices — the Flipkart Perfect Homes 244 TC cotton double fitted sheet and the BSB Home 240 TC cotton fitted double both sit in the sub-₹700 band at the time of writing, which was a premium-only feature a few years ago.

Buy fitted only if you know your mattress depth. Buy flat if you are guessing.

Does thread count actually matter?

Up to a point, and only on cotton.

Thread count measures threads per square inch. On cotton, 144 TC is coarse entry-level, 180-210 TC is the everyday band, 240-300 TC is genuinely softer, and above 400 TC the gains are small and the price is not.

On microfibre and polyester it means almost nothing. Those fabrics are measured in GSM — grams per square metre — and a "1000 TC microfibre" listing is counting something that does not apply to the fabric. Look for GSM instead: 110-120 GSM is thin, 150+ GSM has body.

For most Indian homes the useful band is 200-250 TC cotton. The Story@Home 210 TC king-size sheet is a fair reference point for what that band costs when it is discounted properly — around ₹850 against a ₹3,499 list price.

What size do the pillow covers come in?

Standard Indian pillow covers are 17×27 inches. Almost every bedsheet set ships two of them, and they are the same size whether the sheet is single, double or king.

Two things go wrong here. A king set sometimes ships two covers when the bed takes four, so check the count rather than assuming. And a 17×27 cover will not fit a 20×30 inch European-size pillow, which is what most memory-foam and cervical pillows actually are — those need covers bought separately.

Why does the same size cost ₹300 on one listing and ₹1,500 on another?

Four real reasons, and one fake one.

Fabric is the biggest. Cotton costs more than microfibre at the same size, every time.

Weave matters next — percale and sateen cost more to produce than a plain weave.

Print method. Reactive and digital prints hold colour through dozens of washes. Pigment prints fade, and they are cheaper for a reason.

Size. A king sheet uses roughly 40% more fabric than a double. That is a genuine cost difference, not a markup.

The fake reason is MRP inflation. A ₹399 sheet listed against a ₹2,499 MRP was never a ₹2,499 sheet. Judge the selling price against other sheets of the same fabric and size, not against the crossed-out number.

What fails first on a cheap bedsheet?

Colour, then elastic, then the fabric itself.

Pigment-printed colour goes first — noticeably faded within ten to fifteen washes, usually at the folds. Fitted-sheet elastic goes next, losing tension until the corners ride up. The weave itself is usually the last thing to fail, which is why a faded sheet often still feels fine.

If you want one pair of sheets to last the year, spend on reactive-printed cotton. If you want three cheap sets to rotate, microfibre at ₹300-500 is the honest choice — the Actual 7D double bedsheet with two pillow covers sits in that rotation band at roughly ₹650.

Quick reference

Your bed	Buy this sheet	Typical budget
72 × 36 single	Single flat 60 × 90	₹200-450
72 × 48 double	Double flat 90 × 100	₹280-700
78 × 60 queen	Double/queen flat 90 × 100	₹300-800
78 × 72 king	King flat 108 × 108	₹600-1,500
Any, and you move a lot	Fitted, matched to depth	₹290-900

Where to buy

Bedsheet prices swing hard by print and colour — the identical size and thread count can be ₹320 in one print and ₹780 in another on the same listing, because sellers price slow-moving designs separately. Open the size and colour you actually want before comparing.

Current live prices across bedsheets, fitted sets, comforters and blankets are on our home and kitchen offers page.

One rule worth keeping: buy the sheet to your mattress numbers, not to the word in the title. Single, double, queen and king mean four different things to four different sellers — 90 × 100 means the same thing to all of them.