District of Nepal · Lumbini Province
Pyuthan District: land cover, map and municipalities
Forest land is the largest land cover in Pyuthan District, at 63.8% of its area. Forest covers 63.8% (more than the national 41.4%), farmland 0.0%, rangeland 35.6%, built-up land 0.5%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 0.0%.
Land cover of Pyuthan District
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.5 | 0.0–1.3 | 7 |
| Agriculture land | 0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0 |
| Rangeland | 35.6 | 24.7–46.6 | 471 |
| Forest land | 63.8 | 53.0–74.7 | 843 |
| Water | 0.0 | 0.0–0.1 | 0 |
| Barren land | 0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0 |
Latest high-resolution imagery (captured 2011–2026, median 2025-11). Estimated from 9 randomly placed 1.2 km sample windows classified by the Nepal-adapted U-Net; intervals are 95% confidence. How it works.
Pyuthan District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: urban land +0.7 points, rangeland −0.5 points, forest land −0.1 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 Pyuthan District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aairawati | 157 | 77.3 | 1.0 | 2.9 |
| Gaumukhi | 139 | 48.9 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Jhimaruk | 107 | 58.6 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
| Mallarani | 80 | 66.2 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
| Mandavi | 113 | 74.3 | 1.1 | 1.8 |
| Naubahini | 213 | 62.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Pyuthan | 129 | 62.7 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| Sarumarani | 158 | 80.4 | 3.3 | 1.9 |
| Sworgadwari | 225 | 74.5 | 3.9 | 1.9 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Pyuthan District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Pyuthan District: about 354 a year on average, most in 2021 (1,006).
Questions about Pyuthan District
- What is the forest cover of Pyuthan District?
- About 63.8% of Pyuthan District is forest (95% interval 53.0–74.7%), roughly 843 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 9 sample sites. That ranks 18th of 77 districts.
- How much of Pyuthan District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 0.5% (6.6 km²). Pyuthan District ranks 54th of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Pyuthan District?
- Pyuthan District covers 1,321 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.