District of Nepal · Madhesh Province
Siraha District: land cover, map and municipalities
Agriculture land is the largest land cover in Siraha District, at 43.9% of its area. Forest covers 27.7% (less than the national 41.4%), farmland 43.9%, rangeland 17.2%, built-up land 10.9%, bare land, rock and snow 0.2% and water 0.2%.
Land cover of Siraha District
Show the numbers
| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 10.9 | 0.0–23.2 | 125 |
| Agriculture land | 43.9 | 10.5–77.3 | 500 |
| Rangeland | 17.2 | 0.0–36.2 | 196 |
| Forest land | 27.7 | 0.0–58.2 | 315 |
| Water | 0.2 | 0.0–0.4 | 2 |
| Barren land | 0.2 | 0.0–0.5 | 2 |
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.
Siraha District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: rangeland +8.8 points, agriculture land −7.4 points, forest land −6.1 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 Siraha District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnama | 38 | 10.5 | 75.0 | 13.2 |
| Aurahi | 36 | 7.0 | 80.3 | 12.0 |
| Bariyarpatti | 38 | 7.4 | 79.1 | 13.0 |
| Bhagawanpur | 33 | 4.6 | 72.5 | 11.6 |
| Bishnupur | 26 | 8.1 | 75.0 | 16.2 |
| Dhangadhimai | 159 | 46.0 | 32.3 | 8.8 |
| Golbazar | 112 | 33.7 | 39.6 | 13.6 |
| Kalyanpur | 77 | 5.8 | 75.8 | 11.1 |
| Karjanha | 77 | 31.0 | 43.3 | 9.7 |
| Lahan | 167 | 31.0 | 43.4 | 12.4 |
| Laxmipur Patari | 42 | 5.4 | 81.9 | 11.3 |
| Mirchaiya | 92 | 34.0 | 41.3 | 13.2 |
| Naraha | 29 | 9.1 | 70.5 | 19.7 |
| Nawarajpur | 32 | 5.0 | 81.9 | 12.8 |
| Sakhuwa Nankarkatti | 33 | 4.2 | 69.2 | 12.7 |
| Siraha | 94 | 5.2 | 74.1 | 15.9 |
| Sukhipur | 55 | 5.7 | 77.1 | 15.7 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Siraha District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Siraha District: about 140 a year on average, most in 2023 (239).
Questions about Siraha District
- What is the forest cover of Siraha District?
- About 27.7% of Siraha District is forest (95% interval 0.0–58.2%), roughly 315 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 8 sample sites. That ranks 61st of 77 districts.
- How much of Siraha District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 10.9% (125 km²). Siraha District ranks 17th of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Siraha District?
- Siraha District covers 1,139 km² and has 17 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.