Nepal Monitor

Local unit · Rasuwa district · Bagmati Province

Aamachhodingmo: land cover and map

Rangeland is the largest land cover in Aamachhodingmo, at 54.1% of its area. Forest covers 32.9% (about the same as the Rasuwa district average of 30.8%), farmland 0.2%, rangeland 54.1%, built-up land 0.2%, bare land, rock and snow 12.5% and water 0.2%.

Area
247 km²
Local unit, Rasuwa district
Forest (2025)
32.9%
519th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
0.2%
+0.0 points since 2017

Land cover of Aamachhodingmo in 2025

Urban land 0.2%Agriculture land 0.2%Rangeland 54.1%Forest land 32.9%Water 0.2%Barren land 12.5%
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Land cover of Aamachhodingmo
Class2017 (%)2025 (%)Change (points)Area 2025 (km²)
Urban land0.10.2+0.00.4
Agriculture land0.10.2+0.00.4
Rangeland53.554.1+0.6133.3
Forest land34.032.9−1.181.2
Water0.20.2−0.00.4
Barren land12.112.5+0.530.9

Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Aamachhodingmo.

How Aamachhodingmo changed from 2017 to 2025

2017 (compare with 2025 above):

Urban land 0.1%Agriculture land 0.1%Rangeland 53.5%Forest land 34.0%Water 0.2%Barren land 12.1%

Forest land −1.1 percentage points (−2.71 km²); Rangeland +0.6 percentage points (+1.48 km²); Barren land +0.5 percentage points (+1.16 km²).

Other local units in Rasuwa district

Questions about Aamachhodingmo

What is the forest cover of Aamachhodingmo?
Forest covers about 32.9% of Aamachhodingmo (81.2 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Rasuwa district average of 30.8%.
How much of Aamachhodingmo is built-up?
Built-up land covers 0.2% (0.4 km²), +0.0 percentage points since 2017. Aamachhodingmo ranks 670th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
Where is Aamachhodingmo?
Aamachhodingmo is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Rasuwa district, Bagmati Province, Nepal, covering 247 km².

Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.