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Nepal GIS data sources

Region
Southern Asia
ISO 3166
NP · NPL
Sources
12
Themes
11
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Nepal: 12 sources across 11 themes, led by Survey Department and UN OCHA. 5 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 1 covers elevation. 6 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Nepal

Boundaries & admin 3

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • Survey Department of Nepal (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Mixed

    Survey Department

    National mapping agency; topographic base data are sold, with some layers on the National Geoportal.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    dos.gov.np

    Verified

  • Nepal - Subnational Administrative Boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of subnational administrative boundaries with P-codes; source: Survey Department of Nepal (http://ngiip.gov.np/index.php), UN Resident Coordinators Office in Nepal (https://un.org.np/).

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    File geodatabase, Shapefile, GeoJSON, XLSX
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • geoBoundaries administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    William & Mary geoLab

    JSON API listing every available admin level with direct download links.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    Varies (open; see metadata)
    Formats
    GeoJSON, Shapefile, TopoJSON
    Link
    geoboundaries.org

    Verified

Land cover 1

Land cover datasets for every country

  • Land cover of Nepal (NLCMS) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    ICIMOD / Forest Research and Training Centre

    Annual 30 m national land cover from the National Land Cover Monitoring System; free ICIMOD RDS login.

    • Land cover
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    rds.icimod.org

    Verified

Buildings 1

Building footprint data for every country

  • Buildings of Nepal (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HDX)

    OpenStreetMap building footprints exported by HOT and refreshed regularly.

    • Buildings
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    GeoPackage, GeoParquet, Shapefile, GeoJSON, PMTiles
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

Population 2

Gridded population data for every country

  • Nepal - Subnational Population Statistics (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of population estimates by administrative unit, joinable to the COD-AB via P-codes; source: Census of population.

    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    XLSX, CSV
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • WorldPop population data – Nepal (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    WorldPop, University of Southampton

    100 m and 1 km gridded population counts, age/sex structure and related layers.

    • Population
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    hub.worldpop.org

    Verified

Census & statistics 1

Census and statistics data for every country

  • National Statistics Office (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    National Statistics Office

    Successor to the Central Bureau of Statistics; runs the national census.

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    nsonepal.gov.np

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Climate & weather 1

Climate and weather data for every country

  • Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Paid

    Department of Hydrology and Meteorology

    Climate and hydrological station records (data supplied on request) and flood forecasts.

    • Climate & weather
    • Hydrology
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    CSV
    Link
    dhm.gov.np

    Verified

Natural hazards 1

Natural hazard data for every country

  • BIPAD disaster information portal (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority

    Disaster incidents, hazard layers and real-time river and rainfall data with an API.

    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    API
    Link
    bipadportal.gov.np

    Verified

Open data portal 1

Open geospatial data portals for every country

  • National Geoportal of Nepal (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Survey Department

    National geoportal with administrative boundaries and topographic layers.

    • Open data portal
    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    WMS, Shapefile
    Link
    nationalgeoportal.gov.np

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Nepal

Worldwide and continental layers that include Nepal, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.

Boundaries & admin
Elevation / DEM
Imagery
Land cover
Buildings
Population
Census & statistics
Transport
Hydrology
Climate & weather
Natural hazards
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