Local unit · Banke district · Lumbini Province
Khajura: land cover and map
Agriculture land is the largest land cover in Khajura, at 78.5% of its area. Forest covers 6.3% (less than the Banke district average of 61.0%), farmland 78.5%, rangeland 1.8%, built-up land 12.6%, bare land, rock and snow 0.1% and water 0.8%.
Area
102 km²
Local unit, Banke district
Forest (2025)
6.3%
637th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
12.6%
+6.7 points since 2017
Land cover of Khajura in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 5.8 | 12.6 | +6.7 | 12.8 |
| Agriculture land | 78.1 | 78.5 | +0.4 | 80.0 |
| Rangeland | 11.3 | 1.8 | −9.5 | 1.8 |
| Forest land | 4.0 | 6.3 | +2.3 | 6.4 |
| Water | 0.6 | 0.8 | +0.2 | 0.8 |
| Barren land | 0.3 | 0.1 | −0.2 | 0.1 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Khajura.
How Khajura changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Rangeland −9.5 percentage points (−9.66 km²); Urban land +6.7 percentage points (+6.84 km²); Forest land +2.3 percentage points (+2.36 km²).
Other local units in Banke district
Questions about Khajura
- What is the forest cover of Khajura?
- Forest covers about 6.3% of Khajura (6.4 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, less than the Banke district average of 61.0%.
- How much of Khajura is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 12.6% (12.8 km²), +6.7 percentage points since 2017. Khajura ranks 172nd of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Khajura?
- Khajura is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Banke district, Lumbini Province, Nepal, covering 102 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.