Nepal Monitor

Local unit · Parsa district · Madhesh Province

Bindabasini: land cover and map

Agriculture land is the largest land cover in Bindabasini, at 84.0% of its area. Forest covers 2.7% (less than the Parsa district average of 56.5%), farmland 84.0%, rangeland 0.0%, built-up land 12.8%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 0.4%.

Area
26.0 km²
Local unit, Parsa district
Forest (2025)
2.7%
693rd of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
12.8%
+4.2 points since 2017

Land cover of Bindabasini in 2025

Urban land 12.8%Agriculture land 84.0%Rangeland 0.0%Forest land 2.7%Water 0.4%Barren land 0.0%
Show the numbers
Land cover of Bindabasini
Class2017 (%)2025 (%)Change (points)Area 2025 (km²)
Urban land8.712.8+4.23.3
Agriculture land89.084.0−5.121.8
Rangeland0.00.0+0.00.0
Forest land2.02.7+0.70.7
Water0.30.4+0.10.1
Barren land0.00.0±0.00.0

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

How Bindabasini changed from 2017 to 2025

2017 (compare with 2025 above):

Urban land 8.7%Agriculture land 89.0%Rangeland 0.0%Forest land 2.0%Water 0.3%Barren land 0.0%

Agriculture land −5.1 percentage points (−1.32 km²); Urban land +4.2 percentage points (+1.08 km²); Forest land +0.7 percentage points (+0.19 km²).

Other local units in Parsa district

Questions about Bindabasini

What is the forest cover of Bindabasini?
Forest covers about 2.7% of Bindabasini (0.7 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, less than the Parsa district average of 56.5%.
How much of Bindabasini is built-up?
Built-up land covers 12.8% (3.3 km²), +4.2 percentage points since 2017. Bindabasini ranks 163rd of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
Where is Bindabasini?
Bindabasini is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Parsa district, Madhesh Province, Nepal, covering 26.0 km².

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