District of Nepal · Karnali Province
Salyan District: land cover, map and municipalities
Forest land is the largest land cover in Salyan District, at 54.9% of its area. Forest covers 54.9% (more than the national 41.4%), farmland 0.7%, rangeland 43.1%, built-up land 1.3%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 0.0%.
Land cover of Salyan District
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 1.3 | 0.0–3.3 | 25 |
| Agriculture land | 0.7 | 0.0–2.2 | 14 |
| Rangeland | 43.1 | 28.8–57.4 | 810 |
| Forest land | 54.9 | 41.0–68.8 | 1,032 |
| 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 13 randomly placed 1.2 km sample windows classified by the Nepal-adapted U-Net; intervals are 95% confidence. How it works.
Salyan District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: forest land +4.8 points, agriculture land −3.1 points, rangeland −2.6 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 Salyan District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagachour | 163 | 56.0 | 0.9 | 4.9 |
| Banagad Kupinde | 338 | 53.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Chhatreshwori | 151 | 61.0 | 1.9 | 2.9 |
| Darma | 81 | 59.5 | 0.6 | 2.3 |
| Kalimati | 444 | 78.8 | 1.5 | 0.3 |
| Kapurkot | 119 | 66.2 | 0.9 | 2.8 |
| Kumakh | 177 | 69.7 | 2.3 | 1.4 |
| Sharada | 198 | 59.3 | 1.8 | 4.4 |
| Siddha Kumakh | 89 | 57.4 | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Tribeni | 119 | 72.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Salyan District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Salyan District: about 911 a year on average, most in 2024 (2,200).
Questions about Salyan District
- What is the forest cover of Salyan District?
- About 54.9% of Salyan District is forest (95% interval 41.0–68.8%), roughly 1,032 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 13 sample sites. That ranks 28th of 77 districts.
- How much of Salyan District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 1.3% (24.5 km²). Salyan District ranks 43rd of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Salyan District?
- Salyan District covers 1,880 km² and has 10 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.