Nepal Monitor

Local unit · Bhojpur district · Koshi Province

Ramprasad Rai: land cover and map

Forest land is the largest land cover in Ramprasad Rai, at 70.6% of its area. Forest covers 70.6% (about the same as the Bhojpur district average of 69.0%), farmland 0.1%, rangeland 29.2%, built-up land 0.1%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 0.0%.

Area
158 km²
Local unit, Bhojpur district
Forest (2025)
70.6%
122nd of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
0.1%
+0.1 points since 2017

Land cover of Ramprasad Rai in 2025

Urban land 0.1%Agriculture land 0.1%Rangeland 29.2%Forest land 70.6%Water 0.0%Barren land 0.0%
Show the numbers
Land cover of Ramprasad Rai
Class2017 (%)2025 (%)Change (points)Area 2025 (km²)
Urban land0.10.1+0.10.2
Agriculture land0.20.1−0.10.2
Rangeland31.729.2−2.546.2
Forest land68.070.6+2.6111.6
Water0.00.0±0.00.0
Barren land0.10.0−0.10.0

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

How Ramprasad Rai changed from 2017 to 2025

2017 (compare with 2025 above):

Urban land 0.1%Agriculture land 0.2%Rangeland 31.7%Forest land 68.0%Water 0.0%Barren land 0.1%

Forest land +2.6 percentage points (+4.08 km²); Rangeland −2.5 percentage points (−3.97 km²); Agriculture land −0.1 percentage points (−0.11 km²).

Other local units in Bhojpur district

Questions about Ramprasad Rai

What is the forest cover of Ramprasad Rai?
Forest covers about 70.6% of Ramprasad Rai (112 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Bhojpur district average of 69.0%.
How much of Ramprasad Rai is built-up?
Built-up land covers 0.1% (0.2 km²), +0.1 percentage points since 2017. Ramprasad Rai ranks 693rd of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
Where is Ramprasad Rai?
Ramprasad Rai is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Bhojpur district, Koshi Province, Nepal, covering 158 km².

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