District of Nepal · Lumbini Province
Kapilbastu District: land cover, map and municipalities
Agriculture land is the largest land cover in Kapilbastu District, at 50.9% of its area. Forest covers 24.9% (less than the national 41.4%), farmland 50.9%, rangeland 5.1%, built-up land 17.0%, bare land, rock and snow 1.6% and water 0.5%.
Land cover of Kapilbastu District
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 17.0 | 0.0–34.4 | 281 |
| Agriculture land | 50.9 | 27.8–74.1 | 841 |
| Rangeland | 5.1 | 0.0–12.8 | 84 |
| Forest land | 24.9 | 0.0–50.6 | 411 |
| Water | 0.5 | 0.0–1.2 | 9 |
| Barren land | 1.6 | 0.0–5.2 | 27 |
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.
Kapilbastu District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: agriculture land −9.1 points, urban land +7.6 points, rangeland +1.5 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 Kapilbastu District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banganga | 234 | 50.4 | 33.9 | 12.8 |
| Bijayanagar | 173 | 46.3 | 43.1 | 5.2 |
| Buddhabhumi | 367 | 68.4 | 23.5 | 3.7 |
| Kapilbastu | 137 | 4.0 | 79.1 | 12.9 |
| Krishnanagar | 97 | 1.9 | 87.2 | 9.9 |
| Maharajganj | 112 | 2.4 | 87.2 | 8.8 |
| Mayadevi | 89 | 0.7 | 88.2 | 11.0 |
| Shivaraj | 284 | 59.1 | 28.0 | 7.3 |
| Shuddhodhan | 92 | 0.6 | 89.8 | 9.6 |
| Yasodhara | 68 | 1.2 | 87.1 | 9.6 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Kapilbastu District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Kapilbastu District: about 624 a year on average, most in 2024 (1,130).
Questions about Kapilbastu District
- What is the forest cover of Kapilbastu District?
- About 24.9% of Kapilbastu District is forest (95% interval 0.0–50.6%), roughly 411 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 11 sample sites. That ranks 63rd of 77 districts.
- How much of Kapilbastu District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 17.0% (281 km²). Kapilbastu District ranks 9th of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Kapilbastu District?
- Kapilbastu District covers 1,651 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.