Local unit · Baglung district · Gandaki Province
Galkot: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Galkot, at 75.2% of its area. Forest covers 75.2% (more than the Baglung district average of 59.2%), farmland 0.1%, rangeland 21.7%, built-up land 1.5%, bare land, rock and snow 1.5% and water 0.0%.
Area
194 km²
Local unit, Baglung district
Forest (2025)
75.2%
75th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
1.5%
+1.1 points since 2017
Land cover of Galkot in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.4 | 1.5 | +1.1 | 2.9 |
| Agriculture land | 0.5 | 0.1 | −0.3 | 0.3 |
| Rangeland | 21.6 | 21.7 | +0.1 | 42.2 |
| Forest land | 76.7 | 75.2 | −1.5 | 146.2 |
| Water | 0.0 | 0.0 | ±0.0 | 0.1 |
| Barren land | 0.8 | 1.5 | +0.6 | 2.8 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Galkot.
How Galkot changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Forest land −1.5 percentage points (−2.88 km²); Urban land +1.1 percentage points (+2.04 km²); Barren land +0.6 percentage points (+1.24 km²).
Other local units in Baglung district
Questions about Galkot
- What is the forest cover of Galkot?
- Forest covers about 75.2% of Galkot (146 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, more than the Baglung district average of 59.2%.
- How much of Galkot is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 1.5% (2.9 km²), +1.1 percentage points since 2017. Galkot ranks 455th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Galkot?
- Galkot is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Baglung district, Gandaki Province, Nepal, covering 194 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.