Local unit · Sindhuli district · Bagmati Province
Ghyanglekha: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Ghyanglekha, at 76.9% of its area. Forest covers 76.9% (about the same as the Sindhuli district average of 72.0%), farmland 0.0%, rangeland 22.5%, built-up land 0.6%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 0.0%.
Area
167 km²
Local unit, Sindhuli district
Forest (2025)
76.9%
65th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
0.6%
+0.0 points since 2017
Land cover of Ghyanglekha in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.6 | 0.6 | +0.0 | 1.1 |
| Agriculture land | 0.4 | 0.0 | −0.4 | 0.0 |
| Rangeland | 19.7 | 22.5 | +2.8 | 37.5 |
| Forest land | 79.3 | 76.9 | −2.5 | 128.1 |
| Water | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.0 | 0.0 |
| 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 Ghyanglekha.
How Ghyanglekha changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Rangeland +2.8 percentage points (+4.72 km²); Forest land −2.5 percentage points (−4.13 km²); Agriculture land −0.4 percentage points (−0.65 km²).
Other local units in Sindhuli district
Questions about Ghyanglekha
- What is the forest cover of Ghyanglekha?
- Forest covers about 76.9% of Ghyanglekha (128 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Sindhuli district average of 72.0%.
- How much of Ghyanglekha is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 0.6% (1.1 km²), +0.0 percentage points since 2017. Ghyanglekha ranks 547th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Ghyanglekha?
- Ghyanglekha is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Sindhuli district, Bagmati Province, Nepal, covering 167 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.