Local unit · Makwanpur district · Bagmati Province
Bagmati: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Bagmati, at 76.1% of its area. Forest covers 76.1% (about the same as the Makwanpur district average of 74.0%), farmland 9.7%, rangeland 11.5%, built-up land 0.9%, bare land, rock and snow 0.8% and water 1.1%.
Area
312 km²
Local unit, Makwanpur district
Forest (2025)
76.1%
70th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
0.9%
+0.7 points since 2017
Land cover of Bagmati in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.3 | 0.9 | +0.7 | 2.8 |
| Agriculture land | 8.5 | 9.7 | +1.2 | 30.1 |
| Rangeland | 9.9 | 11.5 | +1.5 | 35.7 |
| Forest land | 78.5 | 76.1 | −2.4 | 237.2 |
| Water | 1.1 | 1.1 | −0.0 | 3.3 |
| Barren land | 1.8 | 0.8 | −0.9 | 2.6 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Bagmati.
How Bagmati changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Forest land −2.4 percentage points (−7.51 km²); Rangeland +1.5 percentage points (+4.74 km²); Agriculture land +1.2 percentage points (+3.68 km²).
Other local units in Makwanpur district
Questions about Bagmati
- What is the forest cover of Bagmati?
- Forest covers about 76.1% of Bagmati (237 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Makwanpur district average of 74.0%.
- How much of Bagmati is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 0.9% (2.8 km²), +0.7 percentage points since 2017. Bagmati ranks 512th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Bagmati?
- Bagmati is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Makwanpur district, Bagmati Province, Nepal, covering 312 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.