Local unit · Dhading district · Bagmati Province
Ganga Jamuna: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Ganga Jamuna, at 64.5% of its area. Forest covers 64.5% (about the same as the Dhading district average of 59.1%), farmland 2.5%, rangeland 31.0%, built-up land 0.5%, bare land, rock and snow 1.1% and water 0.5%.
Area
144 km²
Local unit, Dhading district
Forest (2025)
64.5%
219th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
0.5%
+0.1 points since 2017
Land cover of Ganga Jamuna in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.4 | 0.5 | +0.1 | 0.7 |
| Agriculture land | 3.5 | 2.5 | −1.0 | 3.5 |
| Rangeland | 31.7 | 31.0 | −0.8 | 44.4 |
| Forest land | 61.0 | 64.5 | +3.5 | 92.6 |
| Water | 0.5 | 0.5 | +0.1 | 0.7 |
| Barren land | 3.0 | 1.1 | −1.9 | 1.6 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Ganga Jamuna.
How Ganga Jamuna changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Forest land +3.5 percentage points (+4.98 km²); Barren land −1.9 percentage points (−2.66 km²); Agriculture land −1.0 percentage points (−1.46 km²).
Other local units in Dhading district
Questions about Ganga Jamuna
- What is the forest cover of Ganga Jamuna?
- Forest covers about 64.5% of Ganga Jamuna (92.6 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Dhading district average of 59.1%.
- How much of Ganga Jamuna is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 0.5% (0.7 km²), +0.1 percentage points since 2017. Ganga Jamuna ranks 570th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Ganga Jamuna?
- Ganga Jamuna is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Dhading district, Bagmati Province, Nepal, covering 144 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.