Local unit · Banke district · Lumbini Province
Kohalpur: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Kohalpur, at 64.6% of its area. Forest covers 64.6% (about the same as the Banke district average of 61.0%), farmland 18.8%, rangeland 2.6%, built-up land 13.8%, bare land, rock and snow 0.1% and water 0.1%.
Area
184 km²
Local unit, Banke district
Forest (2025)
64.6%
216th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
13.8%
+5.7 points since 2017
Land cover of Kohalpur in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 8.1 | 13.8 | +5.7 | 25.4 |
| Agriculture land | 22.1 | 18.8 | −3.2 | 34.6 |
| Rangeland | 7.1 | 2.6 | −4.5 | 4.9 |
| Forest land | 62.2 | 64.6 | +2.3 | 118.8 |
| Water | 0.2 | 0.1 | −0.0 | 0.3 |
| Barren land | 0.4 | 0.1 | −0.3 | 0.1 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Kohalpur.
How Kohalpur changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Urban land +5.7 percentage points (+10.51 km²); Rangeland −4.5 percentage points (−8.21 km²); Agriculture land −3.2 percentage points (−5.96 km²).
Other local units in Banke district
Questions about Kohalpur
- What is the forest cover of Kohalpur?
- Forest covers about 64.6% of Kohalpur (119 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Banke district average of 61.0%.
- How much of Kohalpur is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 13.8% (25.4 km²), +5.7 percentage points since 2017. Kohalpur ranks 135th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Kohalpur?
- Kohalpur is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Banke district, Lumbini Province, Nepal, covering 184 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.