District of Nepal · Gandaki Province
Parbat District: land cover, map and municipalities
Forest land is the largest land cover in Parbat District, at 74.0% of its area. Forest covers 74.0% (more than the national 41.4%), farmland 0.0%, rangeland 25.0%, built-up land 0.5%, bare land, rock and snow 0.5% and water 0.0%.
Land cover of Parbat District
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.5 | 0.0–1.5 | 3 |
| Agriculture land | 0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0 |
| Rangeland | 25.0 | 9.5–40.6 | 136 |
| Forest land | 74.0 | 58.5–89.5 | 401 |
| Water | 0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0 |
| Barren land | 0.5 | 0.0–1.6 | 3 |
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.
Parbat District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: agriculture land −0.6 points, rangeland +0.5 points, barren land −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 Parbat District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bihadi | 45 | 57.7 | 3.1 | 1.5 |
| Jaljala | 82 | 65.2 | 0.5 | 2.3 |
| Kushma | 93 | 56.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| Mahashila | 49 | 57.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Modi | 144 | 77.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Paiyu | 43 | 57.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| Phalebas | 86 | 66.2 | 3.1 | 1.6 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Parbat District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Parbat District: about 59 a year on average, most in 2024 (299).
Questions about Parbat District
- What is the forest cover of Parbat District?
- About 74.0% of Parbat District is forest (95% interval 58.5–89.5%), roughly 401 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 8 sample sites. That ranks 5th of 77 districts.
- How much of Parbat District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 0.5% (2.8 km²). Parbat District ranks 53rd of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Parbat District?
- Parbat District covers 542 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.