District of Nepal · Koshi Province
Panchthar District: land cover, map and municipalities
Forest land is the largest land cover in Panchthar District, at 70.5% of its area. Forest covers 70.5% (more than the national 41.4%), farmland 0.0%, rangeland 29.4%, built-up land 0.2%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 0.0%.
Land cover of Panchthar District
Show the numbers
| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.2 | 0.0–0.6 | 2 |
| Agriculture land | 0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0 |
| Rangeland | 29.4 | 13.9–44.8 | 366 |
| Forest land | 70.5 | 55.1–85.8 | 879 |
| Water | 0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0 |
| Barren land | 0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 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.
Panchthar District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: rangeland −4.3 points, forest land +3.4 points, urban 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 Panchthar District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falelung | 206 | 76.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Falgunanda | 107 | 71.5 | 0.1 | 4.7 |
| Hilihan | 123 | 64.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Kummayak | 129 | 52.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Miklajung | 166 | 81.3 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Phidim | 192 | 72.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
| Tumbewa | 117 | 58.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Yangbarak | 208 | 74.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Panchthar District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Panchthar District: about 191 a year on average, most in 2021 (454).
Questions about Panchthar District
- What is the forest cover of Panchthar District?
- About 70.5% of Panchthar District is forest (95% interval 55.1–85.8%), roughly 879 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 8 sample sites. That ranks 6th of 77 districts.
- How much of Panchthar District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 0.2% (2.4 km²). Panchthar District ranks 61st of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Panchthar District?
- Panchthar District covers 1,248 km² and has 8 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.