Local unit · Sindhuli district · Bagmati Province
Hariharpurgaghi: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Hariharpurgaghi, at 82.2% of its area. Forest covers 82.2% (about the same as the Sindhuli district average of 72.0%), farmland 6.3%, rangeland 8.2%, built-up land 0.5%, bare land, rock and snow 1.3% and water 1.5%.
Area
344 km²
Local unit, Sindhuli district
Forest (2025)
82.2%
23rd of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
0.5%
+0.4 points since 2017
Land cover of Hariharpurgaghi in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.2 | 0.5 | +0.4 | 1.8 |
| Agriculture land | 6.9 | 6.3 | −0.5 | 21.8 |
| Rangeland | 5.8 | 8.2 | +2.5 | 28.3 |
| Forest land | 83.9 | 82.2 | −1.7 | 282.5 |
| Water | 1.4 | 1.5 | +0.1 | 5.1 |
| Barren land | 1.8 | 1.3 | −0.6 | 4.3 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Hariharpurgaghi.
How Hariharpurgaghi changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Rangeland +2.5 percentage points (+8.42 km²); Forest land −1.7 percentage points (−5.98 km²); Barren land −0.6 percentage points (−1.99 km²).
Other local units in Sindhuli district
Questions about Hariharpurgaghi
- What is the forest cover of Hariharpurgaghi?
- Forest covers about 82.2% of Hariharpurgaghi (283 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Sindhuli district average of 72.0%.
- How much of Hariharpurgaghi is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 0.5% (1.8 km²), +0.4 percentage points since 2017. Hariharpurgaghi ranks 565th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Hariharpurgaghi?
- Hariharpurgaghi is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Sindhuli district, Bagmati Province, Nepal, covering 344 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.