Survey Department (Nepal)

Survey Department (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 datas from all the areas of Nepal and develop horizontal and vertical control points.

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).