Local unit · Dang district · Lumbini Province
Rajpur: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Rajpur, at 81.1% of its area. Forest covers 81.1% (more than the Dang district average of 64.7%), farmland 5.8%, rangeland 10.9%, built-up land 0.8%, bare land, rock and snow 0.6% and water 0.8%.
Area
577 km²
Local unit, Dang district
Forest (2025)
81.1%
29th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
0.8%
+0.4 points since 2017
Land cover of Rajpur in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 0.4 | 0.8 | +0.4 | 4.6 |
| Agriculture land | 5.6 | 5.8 | +0.2 | 33.4 |
| Rangeland | 21.6 | 10.9 | −10.7 | 62.8 |
| Forest land | 70.7 | 81.1 | +10.4 | 467.7 |
| Water | 0.8 | 0.8 | +0.0 | 4.8 |
| Barren land | 0.9 | 0.6 | −0.3 | 3.7 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Rajpur (summarised at 12 m).
How Rajpur changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Rangeland −10.7 percentage points (−61.87 km²); Forest land +10.4 percentage points (+59.96 km²); Urban land +0.4 percentage points (+2.37 km²).
Other local units in Dang district
Questions about Rajpur
- What is the forest cover of Rajpur?
- Forest covers about 81.1% of Rajpur (468 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, more than the Dang district average of 64.7%.
- How much of Rajpur is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 0.8% (4.6 km²), +0.4 percentage points since 2017. Rajpur ranks 525th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Rajpur?
- Rajpur is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Dang district, Lumbini Province, Nepal, covering 577 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.