Local unit · Kalikot district · Karnali Province
Tilagupha: land cover and map
Rangeland is the largest land cover in Tilagupha, at 50.3% of its area. Forest covers 48.7% (about the same as the Kalikot district average of 50.9%), farmland 0.3%, rangeland 50.3%, built-up land 0.3%, bare land, rock and snow 0.1% and water 0.3%.
Area
262 km²
Local unit, Kalikot district
Forest (2025)
48.7%
422nd of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
0.3%
+0.2 points since 2017
Land cover of Tilagupha in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.1 | 0.3 | +0.2 | 0.8 |
| Agriculture land | 0.9 | 0.3 | −0.6 | 0.9 |
| Rangeland | 46.4 | 50.3 | +3.9 | 131.9 |
| Forest land | 51.8 | 48.7 | −3.0 | 127.7 |
| Water | 0.3 | 0.3 | −0.0 | 0.8 |
| Barren land | 0.6 | 0.1 | −0.5 | 0.3 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Tilagupha.
How Tilagupha changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Rangeland +3.9 percentage points (+10.31 km²); Forest land −3.0 percentage points (−8.00 km²); Agriculture land −0.6 percentage points (−1.44 km²).
Other local units in Kalikot district
Questions about Tilagupha
- What is the forest cover of Tilagupha?
- Forest covers about 48.7% of Tilagupha (128 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Kalikot district average of 50.9%.
- How much of Tilagupha is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 0.3% (0.8 km²), +0.2 percentage points since 2017. Tilagupha ranks 626th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Tilagupha?
- Tilagupha is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Kalikot district, Karnali Province, Nepal, covering 262 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.