Local unit · Gulmi district · Lumbini Province
Gulmi Durbar: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Gulmi Durbar, at 69.3% of its area. Forest covers 69.3% (about the same as the Gulmi district average of 62.3%), farmland 0.6%, rangeland 27.5%, built-up land 0.3%, bare land, rock and snow 1.8% and water 0.6%.
Area
80.0 km²
Local unit, Gulmi district
Forest (2025)
69.3%
136th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
0.3%
+0.1 points since 2017
Land cover of Gulmi Durbar in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.2 | 0.3 | +0.1 | 0.2 |
| Agriculture land | 1.0 | 0.6 | −0.4 | 0.5 |
| Rangeland | 31.5 | 27.5 | −4.1 | 22.0 |
| Forest land | 63.7 | 69.3 | +5.6 | 55.5 |
| Water | 0.6 | 0.6 | ±0.0 | 0.4 |
| Barren land | 3.0 | 1.8 | −1.2 | 1.4 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Gulmi Durbar.
How Gulmi Durbar changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Forest land +5.6 percentage points (+4.50 km²); Rangeland −4.1 percentage points (−3.26 km²); Barren land −1.2 percentage points (−0.99 km²).
Other local units in Gulmi district
Questions about Gulmi Durbar
- What is the forest cover of Gulmi Durbar?
- Forest covers about 69.3% of Gulmi Durbar (55.5 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Gulmi district average of 62.3%.
- How much of Gulmi Durbar is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 0.3% (0.2 km²), +0.1 percentage points since 2017. Gulmi Durbar ranks 620th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Gulmi Durbar?
- Gulmi Durbar is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Gulmi district, Lumbini Province, Nepal, covering 80.0 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.