District of Nepal · Sudur Paschim Province
Doti District: land cover, map and municipalities
Forest land is the largest land cover in Doti District, at 68.8% of its area. Forest covers 68.8% (more than the national 41.4%), farmland 0.1%, rangeland 30.1%, built-up land 1.0%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 0.0%.
Land cover of Doti District
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 1.0 | 0.0–3.1 | 21 |
| Agriculture land | 0.1 | 0.0–0.2 | 1 |
| Rangeland | 30.1 | 16.1–44.1 | 617 |
| Forest land | 68.8 | 53.4–84.1 | 1,410 |
| Water | 0.0 | 0.0–0.1 | 1 |
| Barren land | 0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0 |
Latest high-resolution imagery (captured 2011–2026, median 2025-11). Estimated from 14 randomly placed 1.2 km sample windows classified by the Nepal-adapted U-Net; intervals are 95% confidence. How it works.
Doti District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: rangeland −0.9 points, urban land +0.6 points, forest 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 Doti District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aadarsha | 128 | 52.7 | 1.2 | 0.4 |
| Badi Kedar | 332 | 74.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Bogatan Phudsil | 300 | 78.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Dipayal Silgadhi | 126 | 53.8 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
| Jorayal | 418 | 76.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| K.I. Singh | 127 | 76.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| Khaptad | 95 | 87.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Purbichouki | 117 | 53.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| Sayal | 123 | 45.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 |
| Shikhar | 285 | 75.3 | 1.7 | 0.5 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Doti District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Doti District: about 872 a year on average, most in 2021 (2,316).
Questions about Doti District
- What is the forest cover of Doti District?
- About 68.8% of Doti District is forest (95% interval 53.4–84.1%), roughly 1,410 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 14 sample sites. That ranks 12th of 77 districts.
- How much of Doti District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 1.0% (21.4 km²). Doti District ranks 46th of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Doti District?
- Doti District covers 2,050 km² and has 10 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.