Local unit · Pyuthan district · Lumbini Province
Mandavi: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Mandavi, at 74.3% of its area. Forest covers 74.3% (about the same as the Pyuthan district average of 67.9%), farmland 1.1%, rangeland 21.5%, built-up land 1.8%, bare land, rock and snow 0.4% and water 0.9%.
Area
113 km²
Local unit, Pyuthan district
Forest (2025)
74.3%
84th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
1.8%
+1.4 points since 2017
Land cover of Mandavi in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.4 | 1.8 | +1.4 | 2.0 |
| Agriculture land | 1.5 | 1.1 | −0.3 | 1.3 |
| Rangeland | 22.8 | 21.5 | −1.3 | 24.3 |
| Forest land | 73.9 | 74.3 | +0.4 | 84.1 |
| Water | 0.8 | 0.9 | +0.1 | 1.0 |
| Barren land | 0.7 | 0.4 | −0.2 | 0.5 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Mandavi.
How Mandavi changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Urban land +1.4 percentage points (+1.53 km²); Rangeland −1.3 percentage points (−1.46 km²); Forest land +0.4 percentage points (+0.46 km²).
Other local units in Pyuthan district
Questions about Mandavi
- What is the forest cover of Mandavi?
- Forest covers about 74.3% of Mandavi (84.1 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Pyuthan district average of 67.9%.
- How much of Mandavi is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 1.8% (2.0 km²), +1.4 percentage points since 2017. Mandavi ranks 435th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Mandavi?
- Mandavi is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Pyuthan district, Lumbini Province, Nepal, covering 113 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.