Local unit · Rolpa district · Lumbini Province
Madi: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Madi, at 66.3% of its area. Forest covers 66.3% (about the same as the Rolpa district average of 64.3%), farmland 0.1%, rangeland 31.8%, built-up land 1.9%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 0.0%.
Area
129 km²
Local unit, Rolpa district
Forest (2025)
66.3%
185th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
1.9%
+1.4 points since 2017
Land cover of Madi in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.5 | 1.9 | +1.4 | 2.4 |
| Agriculture land | 0.2 | 0.1 | −0.2 | 0.1 |
| Rangeland | 32.1 | 31.8 | −0.4 | 41.0 |
| Forest land | 67.2 | 66.3 | −0.9 | 85.5 |
| Water | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.0 | 0.0 |
| Barren land | 0.0 | 0.0 | ±0.0 | 0.0 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Madi.
How Madi changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Urban land +1.4 percentage points (+1.77 km²); Forest land −0.9 percentage points (−1.12 km²); Rangeland −0.4 percentage points (−0.45 km²).
Other local units in Rolpa district
Questions about Madi
- What is the forest cover of Madi?
- Forest covers about 66.3% of Madi (85.5 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Rolpa district average of 64.3%.
- How much of Madi is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 1.9% (2.4 km²), +1.4 percentage points since 2017. Madi ranks 431st of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Madi?
- Madi is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Rolpa district, Lumbini Province, Nepal, covering 129 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.