Local unit · Ilam district · Koshi Province
Sandakpur: land cover and map
Forest land is the largest land cover in Sandakpur, at 80.0% of its area. Forest covers 80.0% (about the same as the Ilam district average of 81.6%), farmland 0.0%, rangeland 18.5%, built-up land 1.5%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 0.1%.
Area
155 km²
Local unit, Ilam district
Forest (2025)
80.0%
35th of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
1.5%
+0.3 points since 2017
Land cover of Sandakpur in 2025
Show the numbers
| Class | 2017 (%) | 2025 (%) | Change (points) | Area 2025 (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 1.1 | 1.5 | +0.3 | 2.3 |
| Agriculture land | 0.1 | 0.0 | −0.1 | 0.0 |
| Rangeland | 17.7 | 18.5 | +0.8 | 28.7 |
| Forest land | 81.1 | 80.0 | −1.0 | 124.3 |
| Water | 0.0 | 0.1 | +0.0 | 0.1 |
| Barren land | 0.1 | 0.0 | −0.1 | 0.0 |
Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Sandakpur.
How Sandakpur changed from 2017 to 2025
2017 (compare with 2025 above):
Forest land −1.0 percentage points (−1.63 km²); Rangeland +0.8 percentage points (+1.23 km²); Urban land +0.3 percentage points (+0.53 km²).
Other local units in Ilam district
Questions about Sandakpur
- What is the forest cover of Sandakpur?
- Forest covers about 80.0% of Sandakpur (124 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Ilam district average of 81.6%.
- How much of Sandakpur is built-up?
- Built-up land covers 1.5% (2.3 km²), +0.3 percentage points since 2017. Sandakpur ranks 456th of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
- Where is Sandakpur?
- Sandakpur is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Ilam district, Koshi Province, Nepal, covering 155 km².
Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.