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Local unit · Saptari district · Madhesh Province

Agnisair Krishna Sabaran: land cover and map

Forest land is the largest land cover in Agnisair Krishna Sabaran, at 56.9% of its area. Forest covers 56.9% (more than the Saptari district average of 21.5%), farmland 32.2%, rangeland 1.7%, built-up land 8.3%, bare land, rock and snow 0.5% and water 0.4%.

Area
103 km²
Local unit, Saptari district
Forest (2025)
56.9%
329th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
8.3%
+2.8 points since 2017

Land cover of Agnisair Krishna Sabaran in 2025

Urban land 8.3%Agriculture land 32.2%Rangeland 1.7%Forest land 56.9%Water 0.4%Barren land 0.5%
Show the numbers
Land cover of Agnisair Krishna Sabaran
Class2017 (%)2025 (%)Change (points)Area 2025 (km²)
Urban land5.58.3+2.88.5
Agriculture land36.632.2−4.433.2
Rangeland1.01.7+0.71.8
Forest land55.456.9+1.558.6
Water0.20.4+0.20.4
Barren land1.20.5−0.80.5

Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Agnisair Krishna Sabaran.

How Agnisair Krishna Sabaran changed from 2017 to 2025

2017 (compare with 2025 above):

Urban land 5.5%Agriculture land 36.6%Rangeland 1.0%Forest land 55.4%Water 0.2%Barren land 1.2%

Agriculture land −4.4 percentage points (−4.53 km²); Urban land +2.8 percentage points (+2.85 km²); Forest land +1.5 percentage points (+1.54 km²).

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Questions about Agnisair Krishna Sabaran

What is the forest cover of Agnisair Krishna Sabaran?
Forest covers about 56.9% of Agnisair Krishna Sabaran (58.6 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, more than the Saptari district average of 21.5%.
How much of Agnisair Krishna Sabaran is built-up?
Built-up land covers 8.3% (8.5 km²), +2.8 percentage points since 2017. Agnisair Krishna Sabaran ranks 266th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
Where is Agnisair Krishna Sabaran?
Agnisair Krishna Sabaran is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Saptari district, Madhesh Province, Nepal, covering 103 km².

Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.