Local unit · Doti district · Sudur Paschim Province
Jorayal: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Jorayal, at 76.3% of its area. Forest covers 76.3% (about the same as the Doti district average of 70.7%), farmland 0.2%, rangeland 23.1%, built-up land 0.3%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 0.1%.
Area
418 km²
Local unit, Doti district
Forest (2025)
76.3%
67th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
0.3%
+0.2 points since 2017
Land cover of Jorayal in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.1 | 0.3 | +0.2 | 1.4 |
| Agriculture land | 0.2 | 0.2 | +0.0 | 0.7 |
| Rangeland | 22.9 | 23.1 | +0.1 | 96.4 |
| Forest land | 76.8 | 76.3 | −0.4 | 319.1 |
| Water | 0.0 | 0.1 | +0.1 | 0.3 |
| Barren land | 0.0 | 0.0 | ±0.0 | 0.1 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Jorayal.
How Jorayal changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Forest land −0.4 percentage points (−1.80 km²); Urban land +0.2 percentage points (+0.92 km²); Rangeland +0.1 percentage points (+0.59 km²).
Other local units in Doti district
Questions about Jorayal
- What is the forest cover of Jorayal?
- Forest covers about 76.3% of Jorayal (319 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Doti district average of 70.7%.
- How much of Jorayal is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 0.3% (1.4 km²), +0.2 percentage points since 2017. Jorayal ranks 611th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Jorayal?
- Jorayal is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Doti district, Sudur Paschim Province, Nepal, covering 418 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.