District of Nepal · Karnali Province
Jajarkot District: land cover, map and municipalities
Rangeland is the largest land cover in Jajarkot District, at 51.7% of its area. Forest covers 45.7% (about the same as the national 41.4%), farmland 0.3%, rangeland 51.7%, built-up land 1.7%, bare land, rock and snow 0.4% and water 0.2%.
Land cover of Jajarkot District
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 1.7 | 0.0–5.2 | 39 |
| Agriculture land | 0.3 | 0.0–0.8 | 6 |
| Rangeland | 51.7 | 39.6–63.9 | 1,150 |
| Forest land | 45.7 | 32.3–59.2 | 1,016 |
| Water | 0.2 | 0.0–0.4 | 4 |
| Barren land | 0.4 | 0.0–0.8 | 9 |
Latest high-resolution imagery (captured 2011–2026, median 2025-11). Estimated from 15 randomly placed 1.2 km sample windows classified by the Nepal-adapted U-Net; intervals are 95% confidence. How it works.
Jajarkot District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: forest land −5.4 points, rangeland +5.1 points, urban land +0.3 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 Jajarkot District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barekot | 577 | 39.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| Bheri Malika | 220 | 56.9 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| Chhedagad | 284 | 51.4 | 3.0 | 0.3 |
| Junichande | 346 | 44.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| Kuse | 274 | 60.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| Nalgad | 387 | 40.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Shivalaya | 134 | 52.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Jajarkot District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Jajarkot District: about 370 a year on average, most in 2021 (1,138).
Questions about Jajarkot District
- What is the forest cover of Jajarkot District?
- About 45.7% of Jajarkot District is forest (95% interval 32.3–59.2%), roughly 1,016 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 15 sample sites. That ranks 38th of 77 districts.
- How much of Jajarkot District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 1.7% (38.8 km²). Jajarkot District ranks 40th of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Jajarkot District?
- Jajarkot District covers 2,222 km² and has 7 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.