District of Nepal · Gandaki Province
Baglung District: land cover, map and municipalities
Forest land is the largest land cover in Baglung District, at 69.0% of its area. Forest covers 69.0% (more than the national 41.4%), farmland 0.0%, rangeland 30.9%, built-up land 0.0%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 0.0%.
Land cover of Baglung District
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.0 | 0.0–0.1 | 1 |
| Agriculture land | 0.0 | 0.0–0.1 | 0 |
| Rangeland | 30.9 | 14.3–47.5 | 568 |
| Forest land | 69.0 | 52.4–85.6 | 1,267 |
| Water | 0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0 |
| Barren land | 0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0 |
Latest high-resolution imagery (captured 2011–2026, median 2025-11). Estimated from 12 randomly placed 1.2 km sample windows classified by the Nepal-adapted U-Net; intervals are 95% confidence. How it works.
Baglung District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: forest land −3.2 points, rangeland +2.9 points, urban land +0.4 points.
Coloured lines: the U-Net on each year's Sentinel-2 cloudless mosaic, with 95% intervals. Grey: the independent 10 m Impact Observatory map at the same sites. Differences of a few points between years can come from how each year's mosaic was processed, and the 2016 and 2018 mosaics are read less reliably (too little built-up land, too much bare land and water); compare from 2019 on.
Municipalities and rural municipalities of Baglung District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badigad | 179 | 60.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Baglung | 99 | 51.3 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| Bareng | 75 | 66.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Dhorpatan | 223 | 67.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Dhorpatan | 312 | 37.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
| Galkot | 194 | 75.2 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Jaimuni | 119 | 54.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Kathekhola | 83 | 56.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| Nisikhola | 244 | 60.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Tamankhola | 178 | 55.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Tarakhola | 130 | 82.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Baglung District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Baglung District: about 83 a year on average, most in 2024 (366).
Questions about Baglung District
- What is the forest cover of Baglung District?
- About 69.0% of Baglung District is forest (95% interval 52.4–85.6%), roughly 1,267 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 12 sample sites. That ranks 10th of 77 districts.
- How much of Baglung District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 0.0% (0.5 km²). Baglung District ranks 70th of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Baglung District?
- Baglung District covers 1,836 km² and has 11 local units (municipalities and rural municipalities).
Source: Nepal-adapted U-Net (Khadka & Pradhan 2026) on Esri and EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless imagery; Impact Observatory/Esri 10 m land cover; boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.