Local unit · Udayapur district · Koshi Province
Udayapurgadhi: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Udayapurgadhi, at 74.5% of its area. Forest covers 74.5% (about the same as the Udayapur district average of 68.5%), farmland 2.5%, rangeland 22.0%, built-up land 0.9%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 0.0%.
Area
269 km²
Local unit, Udayapur district
Forest (2025)
74.5%
82nd of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
0.9%
+0.8 points since 2017
Land cover of Udayapurgadhi in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.1 | 0.9 | +0.8 | 2.4 |
| Agriculture land | 2.7 | 2.5 | −0.2 | 6.8 |
| Rangeland | 20.6 | 22.0 | +1.4 | 59.3 |
| Forest land | 76.6 | 74.5 | −2.0 | 200.6 |
| Water | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.0 | 0.1 |
| 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 Udayapurgadhi.
How Udayapurgadhi changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Forest land −2.0 percentage points (−5.49 km²); Rangeland +1.4 percentage points (+3.82 km²); Urban land +0.8 percentage points (+2.15 km²).
Other local units in Udayapur district
Questions about Udayapurgadhi
- What is the forest cover of Udayapurgadhi?
- Forest covers about 74.5% of Udayapurgadhi (201 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Udayapur district average of 68.5%.
- How much of Udayapurgadhi is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 0.9% (2.4 km²), +0.8 percentage points since 2017. Udayapurgadhi ranks 513th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Udayapurgadhi?
- Udayapurgadhi is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Udayapur district, Koshi Province, Nepal, covering 269 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.