Local unit · Tanahu district · Gandaki Province
Byas: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Byas, at 70.4% of its area. Forest covers 70.4% (about the same as the Tanahu district average of 71.9%), farmland 3.1%, rangeland 18.7%, built-up land 5.5%, bare land, rock and snow 1.1% and water 1.4%.
Area
248 km²
Local unit, Tanahu district
Forest (2025)
70.4%
124th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
5.5%
+3.0 points since 2017
Land cover of Byas in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 2.5 | 5.5 | +3.0 | 13.6 |
| Agriculture land | 3.0 | 3.1 | +0.1 | 7.6 |
| Rangeland | 18.4 | 18.7 | +0.3 | 46.3 |
| Forest land | 73.5 | 70.4 | −3.1 | 174.4 |
| Water | 1.4 | 1.4 | −0.0 | 3.3 |
| Barren land | 1.2 | 1.1 | −0.2 | 2.7 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Byas.
How Byas changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Forest land −3.1 percentage points (−7.78 km²); Urban land +3.0 percentage points (+7.41 km²); Rangeland +0.3 percentage points (+0.77 km²).
Other local units in Tanahu district
Questions about Byas
- What is the forest cover of Byas?
- Forest covers about 70.4% of Byas (174 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Tanahu district average of 71.9%.
- How much of Byas is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 5.5% (13.6 km²), +3.0 percentage points since 2017. Byas ranks 311th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Byas?
- Byas is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Tanahu district, Gandaki Province, Nepal, covering 248 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.