District of Nepal · Gandaki Province
Tanahu District: land cover, map and municipalities
Forest land is the largest land cover in Tanahu District, at 67.2% of its area. Forest covers 67.2% (more than the national 41.4%), farmland 8.7%, rangeland 21.2%, built-up land 2.4%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 0.6%.
Land cover of Tanahu District
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 2.4 | 0.0–5.0 | 38 |
| Agriculture land | 8.7 | 0.0–19.4 | 137 |
| Rangeland | 21.2 | 10.9–31.4 | 333 |
| Forest land | 67.2 | 54.5–79.8 | 1,056 |
| Water | 0.6 | 0.0–1.4 | 9 |
| Barren land | 0.0 | 0.0–0.1 | 1 |
Latest high-resolution imagery (captured 2011–2026, median 2025-11). Estimated from 11 randomly placed 1.2 km sample windows classified by the Nepal-adapted U-Net; intervals are 95% confidence. How it works.
Tanahu District year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: rangeland −3.8 points, forest land +2.3 points, urban land +1.4 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 Tanahu District
| Local unit | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aanbu Khaireni | 128 | 65.4 | 0.4 | 2.7 |
| Bandipur | 102 | 70.1 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
| Bhanu | 184 | 61.2 | 12.1 | 4.0 |
| Bhimad | 129 | 71.4 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| Byas | 248 | 70.4 | 3.1 | 5.5 |
| Devghat | 160 | 79.7 | 2.0 | 2.3 |
| Ghiring | 126 | 75.1 | 4.4 | 1.3 |
| Myagde | 115 | 77.0 | 2.4 | 5.3 |
| Rhishing | 215 | 78.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| Shuklagandaki | 165 | 71.4 | 3.9 | 6.5 |
Local-unit land cover is from the 10 m Impact Observatory map (2025), clipped to each boundary.
Fires in Tanahu District each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Tanahu District: about 368 a year on average, most in 2016 (921).
Questions about Tanahu District
- What is the forest cover of Tanahu District?
- About 67.2% of Tanahu District is forest (95% interval 54.5–79.8%), roughly 1,056 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 11 sample sites. That ranks 15th of 77 districts.
- How much of Tanahu District is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 2.4% (37.7 km²). Tanahu District ranks 31st of 77 districts for built-up share.
- How big is Tanahu District?
- Tanahu District covers 1,572 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.