Local unit · Bhaktapur district · Bagmati Province
Madhyapur Thimi: land cover and map
Urban land is the largest land cover in Madhyapur Thimi, at 96.5% of its area. Forest covers 1.6% (less than the Bhaktapur district average of 18.7%), farmland 0.0%, rangeland 1.7%, built-up land 96.5%, bare land, rock and snow 0.2% and water 0.0%.
Area
11.1 km²
Local unit, Bhaktapur district
Forest (2025)
1.6%
713th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
96.5%
+1.2 points since 2017
Land cover of Madhyapur Thimi in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 95.4 | 96.5 | +1.2 | 10.7 |
| Agriculture land | 0.4 | 0.0 | −0.4 | 0.0 |
| Rangeland | 2.6 | 1.7 | −1.0 | 0.2 |
| Forest land | 1.6 | 1.6 | ±0.0 | 0.2 |
| Water | 0.0 | 0.0 | ±0.0 | 0.0 |
| Barren land | 0.0 | 0.2 | +0.2 | 0.0 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Madhyapur Thimi.
How Madhyapur Thimi changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Urban land +1.2 percentage points (+0.13 km²); Rangeland −1.0 percentage points (−0.11 km²); Agriculture land −0.4 percentage points (−0.04 km²).
Other local units in Bhaktapur district
Questions about Madhyapur Thimi
- What is the forest cover of Madhyapur Thimi?
- Forest covers about 1.6% of Madhyapur Thimi (0.2 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, less than the Bhaktapur district average of 18.7%.
- How much of Madhyapur Thimi is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 96.5% (10.7 km²), +1.2 percentage points since 2017. Madhyapur Thimi ranks 2nd of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Madhyapur Thimi?
- Madhyapur Thimi is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Bhaktapur district, Bagmati Province, Nepal, covering 11.1 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.