District of Nepal · Gandaki Province
Nawalparasi East District: land cover, map and municipalities
Forest land is the largest land cover in Nawalparasi East District, at 87.0% of its area. Forest covers 87.0% (more than the national 41.4%), farmland 2.4%, rangeland 9.0%, built-up land 1.2%, bare land, rock and snow 0.1% and water 0.3%.
Land cover of Nawalparasi East District
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 1.2 | 0.0–3.1 | 17 |
| Agriculture land | 2.4 | 0.0–6.9 | 34 |
| Rangeland | 9.0 | 0.0–18.5 | 128 |
| Forest land | 87.0 | 76.3–97.8 | 1,241 |
| Water | 0.3 | 0.0–0.8 | 5 |
| Barren land | 0.1 | 0.0–0.2 | 1 |
Latest high-resolution imagery (captured 2011–2026, median 2025-11). Estimated from 10 randomly placed 1.2 km sample windows classified by the Nepal-adapted U-Net; intervals are 95% confidence. How it works.
Nawalparasi East District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: agriculture land −0.7 points, urban land +0.5 points, water +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 Nawalparasi East District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baudikali | 92 | 68.1 | 2.9 | 1.7 |
| Binayi Tribeni | 288 | 76.7 | 10.8 | 3.1 |
| Bulingtar | 148 | 66.0 | 3.5 | 1.2 |
| Chitawan | 95 | 70.9 | 1.4 | 0.4 |
| Devchuli | 113 | 56.8 | 16.2 | 17.6 |
| Gaidakot | 160 | 68.7 | 9.2 | 13.2 |
| Hupsekot | 189 | 66.1 | 4.7 | 3.2 |
| Kawasoti | 108 | 33.1 | 34.0 | 26.3 |
| Madhya Bindu | 233 | 62.9 | 21.0 | 7.1 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Nawalparasi East District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Nawalparasi East District: about 669 a year on average, most in 2016 (1,313).
Questions about Nawalparasi East District
- What is the forest cover of Nawalparasi East District?
- About 87.0% of Nawalparasi East District is forest (95% interval 76.3–97.8%), roughly 1,241 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 10 sample sites. That ranks 1st of 77 districts.
- How much of Nawalparasi East District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 1.2% (17.0 km²). Nawalparasi East District ranks 45th of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Nawalparasi East District?
- Nawalparasi East District covers 1,426 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.