District of Nepal · Bagmati Province
Lalitpur District: land cover, map and municipalities
Forest land is the largest land cover in Lalitpur District, at 50.8% of its area. Forest covers 50.8% (more than the national 41.4%), farmland 0.4%, rangeland 12.8%, built-up land 32.3%, bare land, rock and snow 3.2% and water 0.5%.
Land cover of Lalitpur District
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 32.3 | 0.0–68.8 | 128 |
| Agriculture land | 0.4 | 0.0–1.3 | 2 |
| Rangeland | 12.8 | 1.1–24.5 | 51 |
| Forest land | 50.8 | 23.2–78.4 | 201 |
| Water | 0.5 | 0.0–1.7 | 2 |
| Barren land | 3.2 | 0.0–10.9 | 13 |
Latest high-resolution imagery (captured 2011–2026, median 2025-11). Estimated from 8 randomly placed 1.2 km sample windows classified by the Nepal-adapted U-Net; intervals are 95% confidence. How it works.
Lalitpur District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: urban land +6.4 points, agriculture land −4.7 points, rangeland −1.0 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 Lalitpur District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagmati | 112 | 61.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| Godawari | 96 | 49.9 | 3.8 | 36.4 |
| Konjyosom | 44 | 57.0 | 0.2 | 5.9 |
| Lalitpur | 36 | 1.2 | 4.7 | 91.0 |
| Mahalaxmi | 27 | 27.5 | 0.0 | 65.9 |
| Mahankal | 82 | 69.4 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Lalitpur District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Lalitpur District: about 47 a year on average, most in 2016 (203).
Questions about Lalitpur District
- What is the forest cover of Lalitpur District?
- About 50.8% of Lalitpur District is forest (95% interval 23.2–78.4%), roughly 201 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 8 sample sites. That ranks 35th of 77 districts.
- How much of Lalitpur District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 32.3% (128 km²). Lalitpur District ranks 3rd of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Lalitpur District?
- Lalitpur District covers 397 km² and has 6 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.