District of Nepal · Bagmati Province
Kavrepalanchok District: land cover, map and municipalities
Forest land is the largest land cover in Kavrepalanchok District, at 65.7% of its area. Forest covers 65.7% (more than the national 41.4%), farmland 0.1%, rangeland 33.2%, built-up land 0.9%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 0.0%.
Land cover of Kavrepalanchok District
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.9 | 0.0–2.6 | 12 |
| Agriculture land | 0.1 | 0.0–0.3 | 2 |
| Rangeland | 33.2 | 10.4–56.1 | 463 |
| Forest land | 65.7 | 41.9–89.6 | 916 |
| 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 9 randomly placed 1.2 km sample windows classified by the Nepal-adapted U-Net; intervals are 95% confidence. How it works.
Kavrepalanchok District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: forest land −4.8 points, rangeland +3.6 points, urban land +1.4 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 Kavrepalanchok District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banepa | 55 | 44.3 | 4.3 | 39.3 |
| Bethanchowk | 101 | 73.6 | 0.3 | 3.8 |
| Bhumlu | 92 | 59.5 | 1.0 | 4.2 |
| Chauri Deurali | 98 | 28.2 | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| Dhulikhel | 55 | 41.5 | 4.1 | 33.2 |
| Khanikhola | 132 | 71.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Mahabharat | 186 | 78.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Mandan Deupur | 89 | 54.9 | 7.6 | 14.3 |
| Namobuddha | 102 | 40.1 | 2.8 | 9.3 |
| Panauti | 118 | 63.1 | 4.2 | 16.3 |
| Panchkhal | 103 | 53.7 | 11.2 | 18.7 |
| Roshi | 176 | 57.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Temal | 89 | 28.0 | 0.3 | 3.5 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Kavrepalanchok District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Kavrepalanchok District: about 233 a year on average, most in 2024 (915).
Questions about Kavrepalanchok District
- What is the forest cover of Kavrepalanchok District?
- About 65.7% of Kavrepalanchok District is forest (95% interval 41.9–89.6%), roughly 916 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 9 sample sites. That ranks 16th of 77 districts.
- How much of Kavrepalanchok District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 0.9% (12.3 km²). Kavrepalanchok District ranks 48th of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Kavrepalanchok District?
- Kavrepalanchok District covers 1,394 km² and has 13 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.