Local unit · Bardiya district · Lumbini Province
Bardiya: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Bardiya, at 84.3% of its area. Forest covers 84.3% (more than the Bardiya district average of 55.0%), farmland 0.3%, rangeland 12.7%, built-up land 0.1%, bare land, rock and snow 1.1% and water 1.6%.
Area
896 km²
Local unit, Bardiya district
Forest (2025)
84.3%
17th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
0.1%
+0.0 points since 2017
Land cover of Bardiya in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.0 | 0.1 | +0.0 | 0.5 |
| Agriculture land | 0.2 | 0.3 | +0.1 | 2.2 |
| Rangeland | 15.3 | 12.7 | −2.6 | 113.5 |
| Forest land | 80.5 | 84.3 | +3.9 | 755.8 |
| Water | 1.8 | 1.6 | −0.2 | 14.7 |
| Barren land | 2.3 | 1.1 | −1.2 | 9.4 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Bardiya (summarised at 14 m).
How Bardiya changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Forest land +3.9 percentage points (+34.77 km²); Rangeland −2.6 percentage points (−23.30 km²); Barren land −1.2 percentage points (−10.75 km²).
Other local units in Bardiya district
Questions about Bardiya
- What is the forest cover of Bardiya?
- Forest covers about 84.3% of Bardiya (756 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, more than the Bardiya district average of 55.0%.
- How much of Bardiya is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 0.1% (0.5 km²), +0.0 percentage points since 2017. Bardiya ranks 714th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Bardiya?
- Bardiya is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Bardiya district, Lumbini Province, Nepal, covering 896 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.