District of Nepal · Sudur Paschim Province
Kanchanpur District: land cover, map and municipalities
Agriculture land is the largest land cover in Kanchanpur District, at 48.9% of its area. Forest covers 32.6% (less than the national 41.4%), farmland 48.9%, rangeland 5.0%, built-up land 12.5%, bare land, rock and snow 0.2% and water 0.8%.
Land cover of Kanchanpur District
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 12.5 | 3.2–21.8 | 203 |
| Agriculture land | 48.9 | 28.1–69.7 | 791 |
| Rangeland | 5.0 | 1.0–9.0 | 80 |
| Forest land | 32.6 | 6.8–58.4 | 527 |
| Water | 0.8 | 0.0–1.8 | 13 |
| Barren land | 0.2 | 0.0–0.6 | 4 |
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.
Kanchanpur District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: agriculture land −9.2 points, urban land +6.5 points, forest land +1.9 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 Kanchanpur District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedkot | 159 | 56.5 | 29.6 | 10.0 |
| Beldandi | 37 | 2.7 | 82.9 | 14.1 |
| Belouri | 123 | 11.0 | 78.2 | 10.0 |
| Bhimdatta | 171 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 24.0 |
| Dodhara Chandani | 57 | 4.3 | 54.2 | 23.6 |
| Krishnapur | 252 | 63.6 | 23.3 | 6.8 |
| Laljhadi | 154 | 61.4 | 29.3 | 2.5 |
| Punarbas | 103 | 13.2 | 71.2 | 14.2 |
| Shuklaphanta | 162 | 54.1 | 33.1 | 7.4 |
| Shuklaphanta | 399 | 71.9 | 1.8 | 0.1 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Kanchanpur District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Kanchanpur District: about 882 a year on average, most in 2019 (1,523).
Questions about Kanchanpur District
- What is the forest cover of Kanchanpur District?
- About 32.6% of Kanchanpur District is forest (95% interval 6.8–58.4%), roughly 527 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 11 sample sites. That ranks 52nd of 77 districts.
- How much of Kanchanpur District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 12.5% (203 km²). Kanchanpur District ranks 13th of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Kanchanpur District?
- Kanchanpur District covers 1,618 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.