District of Nepal · Madhesh Province
Rautahat District: land cover, map and municipalities
Agriculture land is the largest land cover in Rautahat District, at 46.3% of its area. Forest covers 28.5% (less than the national 41.4%), farmland 46.3%, rangeland 6.7%, built-up land 17.9%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 0.6%.
Land cover of Rautahat District
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 17.9 | 0.0–42.9 | 186 |
| Agriculture land | 46.3 | 11.0–81.6 | 480 |
| Rangeland | 6.7 | 0.0–16.9 | 70 |
| Forest land | 28.5 | 0.0–61.3 | 296 |
| Water | 0.6 | 0.0–1.3 | 6 |
| 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.
Rautahat District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: urban land +5.7 points, agriculture land −5.4 points, rangeland −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 Rautahat District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boudhimai | 35 | 1.9 | 82.2 | 13.2 |
| Brindaban | 95 | 39.4 | 48.2 | 7.2 |
| Chandrapur | 250 | 67.3 | 19.2 | 6.9 |
| Dewahi Gonahi | 34 | 0.8 | 84.3 | 12.6 |
| Durga Bhagawati | 20 | 4.9 | 67.6 | 14.6 |
| Gadhimai | 49 | 1.4 | 74.9 | 12.7 |
| Garuda | 45 | 2.4 | 78.5 | 18.5 |
| Gaur | 22 | 8.6 | 64.5 | 24.8 |
| Gujara | 150 | 53.7 | 35.1 | 5.4 |
| Ishanath | 35 | 3.7 | 82.5 | 13.5 |
| Katahariya | 41 | 1.2 | 80.2 | 16.1 |
| Madhav Narayan | 49 | 1.5 | 80.0 | 9.7 |
| Maulapur | 35 | 1.0 | 84.4 | 11.8 |
| Paroha | 38 | 2.5 | 82.7 | 13.4 |
| Phatuwa Bijayapur | 65 | 7.0 | 76.4 | 9.8 |
| Rajdevi | 28 | 1.2 | 75.3 | 12.7 |
| Rajpur | 31 | 4.6 | 79.1 | 15.3 |
| Yamunamai | 17 | 3.2 | 77.3 | 19.3 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Rautahat District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Rautahat District: about 234 a year on average, most in 2014 (416).
Questions about Rautahat District
- What is the forest cover of Rautahat District?
- About 28.5% of Rautahat District is forest (95% interval 0.0–61.3%), roughly 296 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 8 sample sites. That ranks 60th of 77 districts.
- How much of Rautahat District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 17.9% (186 km²). Rautahat District ranks 8th of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Rautahat District?
- Rautahat District covers 1,038 km² and has 18 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.