District of Nepal · Lumbini Province
Gulmi District: land cover, map and municipalities
Forest land is the largest land cover in Gulmi District, at 74.4% of its area. Forest covers 74.4% (more than the national 41.4%), farmland 0.5%, rangeland 25.1%, built-up land 0.0%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 0.0%.
Land cover of Gulmi District
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0 |
| Agriculture land | 0.5 | 0.0–1.8 | 6 |
| Rangeland | 25.1 | 14.6–35.5 | 278 |
| Forest land | 74.4 | 64.1–84.7 | 825 |
| Water | 0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0 |
| Barren land | 0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0 |
Latest high-resolution imagery (captured 2011–2026, median 2025-11). Estimated from 8 randomly placed 1.2 km sample windows classified by the Nepal-adapted U-Net; intervals are 95% confidence. How it works.
Gulmi District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: rangeland +2.8 points, forest land −2.4 points, agriculture land −0.3 points.
Coloured lines: the U-Net on each year's Sentinel-2 cloudless mosaic, with 95% intervals. Grey: the independent 10 m Impact Observatory map at the same sites. Differences of a few points between years can come from how each year's mosaic was processed, and the 2016 and 2018 mosaics are read less reliably (too little built-up land, too much bare land and water); compare from 2019 on.
Municipalities and rural municipalities of Gulmi District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandrakot | 106 | 61.0 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| Chhatrakot | 87 | 68.6 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
| Dhurkot | 83 | 70.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Gulmi Durbar | 80 | 69.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Isma | 82 | 62.0 | 1.8 | 0.6 |
| Kali Gandaki | 101 | 57.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Madane | 95 | 44.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Malika | 93 | 49.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Musikot | 115 | 68.9 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| Resunga | 84 | 76.2 | 0.1 | 2.3 |
| Ruruchhetra | 67 | 69.7 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| Satyawoti | 116 | 56.4 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Gulmi District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Gulmi District: about 173 a year on average, most in 2024 (638).
Questions about Gulmi District
- What is the forest cover of Gulmi District?
- About 74.4% of Gulmi District is forest (95% interval 64.1–84.7%), roughly 825 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 8 sample sites. That ranks 4th of 77 districts.
- How much of Gulmi District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 0.0% (0.0 km²). Gulmi District ranks 73rd of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Gulmi District?
- Gulmi District covers 1,108 km² and has 12 local units (municipalities and rural municipalities).
Source: Nepal-adapted U-Net (Khadka & Pradhan 2026) on Esri and EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless imagery; Impact Observatory/Esri 10 m land cover; boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.