District of Nepal · Karnali Province
Kalikot District: land cover, map and municipalities
Rangeland is the largest land cover in Kalikot District, at 55.9% of its area. Forest covers 42.9% (about the same as the national 41.4%), farmland 0.0%, rangeland 55.9%, built-up land 0.1%, bare land, rock and snow 0.5% and water 0.6%.
Land cover of Kalikot District
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.1 | 0.0–0.3 | 2 |
| Agriculture land | 0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0 |
| Rangeland | 55.9 | 32.8–79.1 | 917 |
| Forest land | 42.9 | 19.1–66.6 | 703 |
| Water | 0.6 | 0.0–1.5 | 10 |
| Barren land | 0.5 | 0.0–1.4 | 9 |
Latest high-resolution imagery (captured 2011–2026, median 2025-11). Estimated from 11 randomly placed 1.2 km sample windows classified by the Nepal-adapted U-Net; intervals are 95% confidence. How it works.
Kalikot District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: rangeland +3.7 points, forest land −3.5 points, barren 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 Kalikot District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khandachakra | 133 | 33.7 | 2.3 | 1.0 |
| Mahawai | 322 | 59.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Naraharinath | 144 | 45.1 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| Pachal Jharana | 167 | 39.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Palata | 319 | 62.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Raskot | 60 | 29.8 | 6.0 | 2.2 |
| Sanni Tribeni | 137 | 48.2 | 2.5 | 1.1 |
| Shuva Kalika | 97 | 62.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| Tilagupha | 262 | 48.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Kalikot District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Kalikot District: about 178 a year on average, most in 2021 (408).
Questions about Kalikot District
- What is the forest cover of Kalikot District?
- About 42.9% of Kalikot District is forest (95% interval 19.1–66.6%), roughly 703 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 11 sample sites. That ranks 44th of 77 districts.
- How much of Kalikot District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 0.1% (1.7 km²). Kalikot District ranks 64th of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Kalikot District?
- Kalikot District covers 1,640 km² and has 9 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.