Local unit · Dadeldhura district · Sudur Paschim Province
Ganyapdhura: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Ganyapdhura, at 74.6% of its area. Forest covers 74.6% (about the same as the Dadeldhura district average of 74.8%), farmland 0.6%, rangeland 24.0%, built-up land 0.7%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 0.0%.
Area
135 km²
Local unit, Dadeldhura district
Forest (2025)
74.6%
80th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
0.7%
+0.5 points since 2017
Land cover of Ganyapdhura in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.2 | 0.7 | +0.5 | 0.9 |
| Agriculture land | 0.6 | 0.6 | +0.0 | 0.9 |
| Rangeland | 26.4 | 24.0 | −2.4 | 32.5 |
| Forest land | 72.8 | 74.6 | +1.8 | 100.9 |
| Water | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.0 | 0.1 |
| Barren land | 0.0 | 0.0 | ±0.0 | 0.0 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Ganyapdhura.
How Ganyapdhura changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Rangeland −2.4 percentage points (−3.23 km²); Forest land +1.8 percentage points (+2.50 km²); Urban land +0.5 percentage points (+0.65 km²).
Other local units in Dadeldhura district
Questions about Ganyapdhura
- What is the forest cover of Ganyapdhura?
- Forest covers about 74.6% of Ganyapdhura (101 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Dadeldhura district average of 74.8%.
- How much of Ganyapdhura is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 0.7% (0.9 km²), +0.5 percentage points since 2017. Ganyapdhura ranks 543rd of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Ganyapdhura?
- Ganyapdhura is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Dadeldhura district, Sudur Paschim Province, Nepal, covering 135 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.