Local unit · Banke district · Lumbini Province
Janaki: land cover and map
Agriculture land is the largest land cover in Janaki, at 81.0% of its area. Forest covers 2.8% (less than the Banke district average of 61.0%), farmland 81.0%, rangeland 1.9%, built-up land 14.3%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 0.1%.
Area
63.2 km²
Local unit, Banke district
Forest (2025)
2.8%
689th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
14.3%
+6.6 points since 2017
Land cover of Janaki in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 7.7 | 14.3 | +6.6 | 9.0 |
| Agriculture land | 80.7 | 81.0 | +0.3 | 51.2 |
| Rangeland | 9.6 | 1.9 | −7.8 | 1.2 |
| Forest land | 2.0 | 2.8 | +0.9 | 1.8 |
| Water | 0.0 | 0.1 | +0.0 | 0.0 |
| Barren land | 0.0 | 0.0 | −0.0 | 0.0 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Janaki.
How Janaki changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Rangeland −7.8 percentage points (−4.90 km²); Urban land +6.6 percentage points (+4.18 km²); Forest land +0.9 percentage points (+0.55 km²).
Other local units in Banke district
Questions about Janaki
- What is the forest cover of Janaki?
- Forest covers about 2.8% of Janaki (1.8 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, less than the Banke district average of 61.0%.
- How much of Janaki is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 14.3% (9.0 km²), +6.6 percentage points since 2017. Janaki ranks 127th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Janaki?
- Janaki is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Banke district, Lumbini Province, Nepal, covering 63.2 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.