Local unit · Sindhupalchok district · Bagmati Province
Balephi: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Balephi, at 56.3% of its area. Forest covers 56.3% (about the same as the Sindhupalchok district average of 51.8%), farmland 3.1%, rangeland 30.3%, built-up land 9.2%, bare land, rock and snow 0.1% and water 1.0%.
Area
61.6 km²
Local unit, Sindhupalchok district
Forest (2025)
56.3%
341st of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
9.2%
−0.5 points since 2017
Land cover of Balephi in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 9.7 | 9.2 | −0.5 | 5.7 |
| Agriculture land | 5.4 | 3.1 | −2.3 | 1.9 |
| Rangeland | 23.8 | 30.3 | +6.5 | 18.7 |
| Forest land | 60.0 | 56.3 | −3.7 | 34.7 |
| Water | 0.9 | 1.0 | +0.1 | 0.6 |
| Barren land | 0.2 | 0.1 | −0.1 | 0.0 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Balephi.
How Balephi changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Rangeland +6.5 percentage points (+4.00 km²); Forest land −3.7 percentage points (−2.25 km²); Agriculture land −2.3 percentage points (−1.42 km²).
Other local units in Sindhupalchok district
Questions about Balephi
- What is the forest cover of Balephi?
- Forest covers about 56.3% of Balephi (34.7 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Sindhupalchok district average of 51.8%.
- How much of Balephi is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 9.2% (5.7 km²), −0.5 percentage points since 2017. Balephi ranks 257th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Balephi?
- Balephi is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Sindhupalchok district, Bagmati Province, Nepal, covering 61.6 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.