Survey Department (Nepal)

Survey Department (Nepali: नापी विभाग) under Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation is the authority for design, develop and operate systems for collecting and analyzing spatial information about the manmade features in Nepal. It aims to collect data from all the areas of Nepal and develop horizontal and vertical control points.^[1][2]

Survey Department

नापी विभाग
Department overview
Formed	2009 AD
Type	Surveying, Map making and NeLIS
Jurisdiction	Government of Nepal
Status	Active
Headquarters	Minbhawan, Kathmandu, Nepal
Annual budget	Nrs 2.924 Billion (FY 2081/82)
Director General responsible	Prakash Joshi
Parent department	Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
Website	www.dos.gov.np

History

In 2009, the Government of Nepal dissolved all Survey Goswara Offices and transferred to all corresponding district survey offices. The survey offices are categorized into 5 types.

Organization

The department is headed by officers of Nepal Engineering Service (Survey).^[3]