Local unit · Nawalparasi East district · Gandaki Province
Madhya Bindu: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Madhya Bindu, at 62.9% of its area. Forest covers 62.9% (about the same as the Nawalparasi East district average of 65.2%), farmland 21.0%, rangeland 6.0%, built-up land 7.1%, bare land, rock and snow 1.3% and water 1.7%.
Area
233 km²
Local unit, Nawalparasi East district
Forest (2025)
62.9%
239th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
7.1%
+2.2 points since 2017
Land cover of Madhya Bindu in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 4.9 | 7.1 | +2.2 | 16.5 |
| Agriculture land | 22.0 | 21.0 | −1.1 | 48.9 |
| Rangeland | 4.7 | 6.0 | +1.3 | 14.0 |
| Forest land | 64.9 | 62.9 | −2.0 | 146.8 |
| Water | 1.7 | 1.7 | +0.1 | 4.1 |
| Barren land | 1.8 | 1.3 | −0.5 | 3.1 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Madhya Bindu.
How Madhya Bindu changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Urban land +2.2 percentage points (+5.11 km²); Forest land −2.0 percentage points (−4.60 km²); Rangeland +1.3 percentage points (+3.01 km²).
Other local units in Nawalparasi East district
Questions about Madhya Bindu
- What is the forest cover of Madhya Bindu?
- Forest covers about 62.9% of Madhya Bindu (147 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Nawalparasi East district average of 65.2%.
- How much of Madhya Bindu is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 7.1% (16.5 km²), +2.2 percentage points since 2017. Madhya Bindu ranks 285th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Madhya Bindu?
- Madhya Bindu is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Nawalparasi East district, Gandaki Province, Nepal, covering 233 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.