Local unit · Humla district · Karnali Province
Namkha: land cover and map
Rangeland is the largest land cover in Namkha, at 64.0% of its area. Forest covers 1.7% (less than the Humla district average of 8.5%), farmland 0.0%, rangeland 64.0%, built-up land 0.0%, bare land, rock and snow 34.0% and water 0.3%.
Area
2,417 km²
Local unit, Humla district
Forest (2025)
1.7%
710th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
0.0%
+0.0 points since 2017
Land cover of Namkha in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.0 | 0.5 |
| Agriculture land | 0.0 | 0.0 | ±0.0 | 0.0 |
| Rangeland | 55.3 | 64.0 | +8.7 | 1,547.1 |
| Forest land | 2.1 | 1.7 | −0.4 | 41.8 |
| Water | 0.3 | 0.3 | −0.0 | 6.3 |
| Barren land | 42.3 | 34.0 | −8.3 | 821.1 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Namkha (summarised at 18 m).
How Namkha changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Rangeland +8.7 percentage points (+210.76 km²); Barren land −8.3 percentage points (−200.61 km²); Forest land −0.4 percentage points (−9.67 km²).
Other local units in Humla district
Questions about Namkha
- What is the forest cover of Namkha?
- Forest covers about 1.7% of Namkha (41.8 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, less than the Humla district average of 8.5%.
- How much of Namkha is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 0.0% (0.5 km²), +0.0 percentage points since 2017. Namkha ranks 743rd of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Namkha?
- Namkha is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Humla district, Karnali Province, Nepal, covering 2,417 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.