District of Nepal · Madhesh Province
Bara District: land cover, map and municipalities
Agriculture land is the largest land cover in Bara District, at 64.0% of its area. Forest covers 17.2% (less than the national 41.4%), farmland 64.0%, rangeland 2.1%, built-up land 14.2%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 2.6%.
Land cover of Bara District
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 14.2 | 6.5–21.9 | 181 |
| Agriculture land | 64.0 | 41.9–86.0 | 814 |
| Rangeland | 2.1 | 0.0–4.8 | 27 |
| Forest land | 17.2 | 0.0–41.9 | 219 |
| Water | 2.6 | 0.0–7.0 | 33 |
| Barren land | 0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0 |
Latest high-resolution imagery (captured 2011–2026, median 2025-11). Estimated from 9 randomly placed 1.2 km sample windows classified by the Nepal-adapted U-Net; intervals are 95% confidence. How it works.
Bara District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: agriculture land −7.0 points, urban land +6.1 points, water +1.3 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 Bara District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aadarsha Kotwal | 36 | 0.6 | 84.2 | 13.4 |
| Baragadhi | 39 | 0.0 | 91.2 | 8.2 |
| Bishrampur | 20 | 1.7 | 82.8 | 15.4 |
| Devtal | 23 | 0.8 | 87.0 | 12.1 |
| Jitpur Simara | 311 | 60.5 | 26.3 | 9.0 |
| Kalaiya | 110 | 2.0 | 82.2 | 15.6 |
| Karaiyamai | 48 | 0.3 | 90.9 | 7.7 |
| Kolhabi | 157 | 49.7 | 41.9 | 5.3 |
| Mahagadhimai | 55 | 0.5 | 87.3 | 12.1 |
| Nijagadh | 289 | 80.4 | 9.1 | 3.4 |
| Pacharauta | 44 | 1.3 | 85.0 | 10.3 |
| Parawanipur | 16 | 0.2 | 75.2 | 24.3 |
| Parsa | 1 | 66.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pheta | 24 | 2.4 | 81.9 | 14.4 |
| Prasauni | 20 | 2.4 | 81.1 | 16.4 |
| Simroungadh | 41 | 1.4 | 71.5 | 19.4 |
| Subarna | 37 | 0.4 | 87.9 | 10.9 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Bara District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Bara District: about 431 a year on average, most in 2021 (732).
Questions about Bara District
- What is the forest cover of Bara District?
- About 17.2% of Bara District is forest (95% interval 0.0–41.9%), roughly 219 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 9 sample sites. That ranks 67th of 77 districts.
- How much of Bara District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 14.2% (181 km²). Bara District ranks 10th of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Bara District?
- Bara District covers 1,273 km² and has 17 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.