District of Nepal · Lumbini Province
Nawalparasi West District: land cover, map and municipalities
Forest land is the largest land cover in Nawalparasi West District, at 49.1% of its area. Forest covers 49.1% (more than the national 41.4%), farmland 34.7%, rangeland 1.9%, built-up land 14.1%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 0.2%.
Land cover of Nawalparasi West District
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 14.1 | 0.0–31.2 | 102 |
| Agriculture land | 34.7 | 2.0–67.4 | 252 |
| Rangeland | 1.9 | 0.0–6.2 | 14 |
| Forest land | 49.1 | 6.9–91.3 | 357 |
| Water | 0.2 | 0.0–0.5 | 1 |
| Barren land | 0.0 | 0.0–0.1 | 0 |
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.
Nawalparasi West District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: urban land +4.3 points, agriculture land −2.7 points, barren land −0.9 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 Nawalparasi West District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bardaghat | 179 | 56.8 | 31.2 | 9.8 |
| Palhinandan | 45 | 1.3 | 82.0 | 16.1 |
| Pratapapur | 71 | 0.8 | 82.5 | 14.6 |
| Ramgram | 94 | 1.0 | 81.6 | 17.3 |
| Sarawal | 73 | 11.9 | 75.6 | 12.2 |
| Sunawal | 174 | 63.1 | 22.6 | 11.5 |
| Susta | 91 | 12.7 | 55.0 | 11.0 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Nawalparasi West District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Nawalparasi West District: about 239 a year on average, most in 2016 (467).
Questions about Nawalparasi West District
- What is the forest cover of Nawalparasi West District?
- About 49.1% of Nawalparasi West District is forest (95% interval 6.9–91.3%), roughly 357 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 8 sample sites. That ranks 36th of 77 districts.
- How much of Nawalparasi West District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 14.1% (102 km²). Nawalparasi West District ranks 11th of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Nawalparasi West District?
- Nawalparasi West District covers 726 km² and has 7 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.