Nepal Monitor

Local unit · Kavrepalanchok district · Bagmati Province

Mandan Deupur: land cover and map

Forest land is the largest land cover in Mandan Deupur, at 54.9% of its area. Forest covers 54.9% (about the same as the Kavrepalanchok district average of 56.5%), farmland 7.6%, rangeland 21.0%, built-up land 14.3%, bare land, rock and snow 1.8% and water 0.4%.

Area
88.6 km²
Local unit, Kavrepalanchok district
Forest (2025)
54.9%
353rd of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
14.3%
+4.5 points since 2017

Land cover of Mandan Deupur in 2025

Urban land 14.3%Agriculture land 7.6%Rangeland 21.0%Forest land 54.9%Water 0.4%Barren land 1.8%
Show the numbers
Land cover of Mandan Deupur
Class2017 (%)2025 (%)Change (points)Area 2025 (km²)
Urban land9.814.3+4.512.7
Agriculture land7.27.6+0.56.8
Rangeland20.921.0+0.018.6
Forest land59.854.9−4.948.6
Water1.10.4−0.70.3
Barren land1.31.8+0.61.6

Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Mandan Deupur.

How Mandan Deupur changed from 2017 to 2025

2017 (compare with 2025 above):

Urban land 9.8%Agriculture land 7.2%Rangeland 20.9%Forest land 59.8%Water 1.1%Barren land 1.3%

Forest land −4.9 percentage points (−4.31 km²); Urban land +4.5 percentage points (+3.97 km²); Water −0.7 percentage points (−0.59 km²).

Other local units in Kavrepalanchok district

Questions about Mandan Deupur

What is the forest cover of Mandan Deupur?
Forest covers about 54.9% of Mandan Deupur (48.6 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Kavrepalanchok district average of 56.5%.
How much of Mandan Deupur is built-up?
Built-up land covers 14.3% (12.7 km²), +4.5 percentage points since 2017. Mandan Deupur ranks 126th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
Where is Mandan Deupur?
Mandan Deupur is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Kavrepalanchok district, Bagmati Province, Nepal, covering 88.6 km².

Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.