Learning Cadastral Mapping In Nepal : An Analytical Study

Abstract

Land is an essential natural resource, both for the survival and prosperity of humanity, and for the maintenance of all global ecosystems. People have right to sell and buy private land in any part of Nepal and fragmentation of land has been carried out due to the continuous land transaction. Land use policy has been formed by the government but it has been diffi cult to apply as a result of fragmented parcel. The main purpose of cadastral mapping is to make the cadastral map by separating the individual parcel boundaries and calculating the total areas of these parcels to collect the revenue from the land owner. The method applied to conduct the study was mixed method. The data were collected based on the documentary analysis, interaction, interview and focus group discussion. The data was analyzed based on simple statistical tools. The study has concluded that appropriate policies like creating functioning markets for land, improvements in credits, modern graphical techniques may promote successful land consolidation in the regions where it is an issue and an increase in agricultural production capacity is needed.