Local unit · Chitawan district · Bagmati Province
Madi: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Madi, at 62.4% of its area. Forest covers 62.4% (about the same as the Chitawan district average of 65.1%), farmland 26.1%, rangeland 4.5%, built-up land 4.8%, bare land, rock and snow 0.4% and water 1.8%.
Area
218 km²
Local unit, Chitawan district
Forest (2025)
62.4%
246th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
4.8%
+1.6 points since 2017
Land cover of Madi in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 3.2 | 4.8 | +1.6 | 10.4 |
| Agriculture land | 26.5 | 26.1 | −0.4 | 57.1 |
| Rangeland | 3.6 | 4.5 | +0.9 | 9.8 |
| Forest land | 62.7 | 62.4 | −0.3 | 136.3 |
| Water | 1.4 | 1.8 | +0.4 | 3.9 |
| Barren land | 2.6 | 0.4 | −2.2 | 0.9 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Madi.
How Madi changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Barren land −2.2 percentage points (−4.85 km²); Urban land +1.6 percentage points (+3.47 km²); Rangeland +0.9 percentage points (+1.86 km²).
Other local units in Chitawan district
Questions about Madi
- What is the forest cover of Madi?
- Forest covers about 62.4% of Madi (136 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Chitawan district average of 65.1%.
- How much of Madi is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 4.8% (10.4 km²), +1.6 percentage points since 2017. Madi ranks 329th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Madi?
- Madi is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Chitawan district, Bagmati Province, Nepal, covering 218 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.