Local unit · Syangja district · Gandaki Province
Biruwa: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Biruwa, at 62.7% of its area. Forest covers 62.7% (about the same as the Syangja district average of 62.2%), farmland 0.3%, rangeland 35.6%, built-up land 0.7%, bare land, rock and snow 0.5% and water 0.1%.
Area
95.8 km²
Local unit, Syangja district
Forest (2025)
62.7%
242nd of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
0.7%
+0.3 points since 2017
Land cover of Biruwa in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.4 | 0.7 | +0.3 | 0.7 |
| Agriculture land | 0.5 | 0.3 | −0.2 | 0.3 |
| Rangeland | 39.9 | 35.6 | −4.3 | 34.1 |
| Forest land | 58.5 | 62.7 | +4.2 | 60.1 |
| Water | 0.0 | 0.1 | +0.0 | 0.1 |
| Barren land | 0.7 | 0.5 | −0.1 | 0.5 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Biruwa.
How Biruwa changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Rangeland −4.3 percentage points (−4.11 km²); Forest land +4.2 percentage points (+4.04 km²); Urban land +0.3 percentage points (+0.30 km²).
Other local units in Syangja district
Questions about Biruwa
- What is the forest cover of Biruwa?
- Forest covers about 62.7% of Biruwa (60.1 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Syangja district average of 62.2%.
- How much of Biruwa is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 0.7% (0.7 km²), +0.3 percentage points since 2017. Biruwa ranks 534th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Biruwa?
- Biruwa is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Syangja district, Gandaki Province, Nepal, covering 95.8 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.