Local unit · Makwanpur district · Bagmati Province
Chitawan: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Chitawan, at 95.0% of its area. Forest covers 95.0% (more than the Makwanpur district average of 74.0%), farmland 0.3%, rangeland 3.5%, built-up land 0.0%, bare land, rock and snow 0.6% and water 0.6%.
Area
65.2 km²
Local unit, Makwanpur district
Forest (2025)
95.0%
4th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
0.0%
±0.0 points since 2017
Land cover of Chitawan in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.0 | 0.0 | ±0.0 | 0.0 |
| Agriculture land | 0.1 | 0.3 | +0.2 | 0.2 |
| Rangeland | 2.9 | 3.5 | +0.6 | 2.3 |
| Forest land | 94.6 | 95.0 | +0.5 | 61.9 |
| Water | 0.7 | 0.6 | −0.1 | 0.4 |
| Barren land | 1.8 | 0.6 | −1.2 | 0.4 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Chitawan.
How Chitawan changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Barren land −1.2 percentage points (−0.76 km²); Rangeland +0.6 percentage points (+0.41 km²); Forest land +0.5 percentage points (+0.29 km²).
Other local units in Makwanpur district
Questions about Chitawan
- What is the forest cover of Chitawan?
- Forest covers about 95.0% of Chitawan (61.9 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, more than the Makwanpur district average of 74.0%.
- How much of Chitawan is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 0.0% (0.0 km²), ±0.0 percentage points since 2017. Chitawan ranks 758th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Chitawan?
- Chitawan is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Makwanpur district, Bagmati Province, Nepal, covering 65.2 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.