Province of Nepal
Bagmati Province: land cover, map and districts
Forest land is the largest land cover in Bagmati Province, at 52.7% of its area. Forest covers 52.7% (more than the national 41.4%), farmland 3.9%, rangeland 29.4%, built-up land 6.8%, bare land, rock and snow 6.5% and water 0.6%.
Land cover of Bagmati Province
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| Class | Share (%) | 95% interval | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | 6.8 | 4.7–9.0 | 1,387 |
| Agriculture land | 3.9 | 1.8–6.0 | 797 |
| Rangeland | 29.4 | 25.3–33.5 | 5,968 |
| Forest land | 52.7 | 47.6–57.8 | 10,696 |
| Water | 0.6 | 0.3–0.9 | 124 |
| Barren land | 6.5 | 3.4–9.7 | 1,326 |
Latest high-resolution imagery (captured 2011–2026, median 2025-11). Estimated from 156 randomly placed 1.2 km sample windows classified by the Nepal-adapted U-Net; intervals are 95% confidence. How it works.
Bagmati Province year by year
Largest changes in the reference map from 2017 to 2025: rangeland +2.3 points, urban land +2.0 points, agriculture land −1.5 points.
Coloured lines: the U-Net on each year's Sentinel-2 cloudless mosaic, with 95% intervals. Grey: the independent 10 m Impact Observatory map at the same sites. Differences of a few points between years can come from how each year's mosaic was processed, and the 2016 and 2018 mosaics are read less reliably (too little built-up land, too much bare land and water); compare from 2019 on.
Districts of Bagmati Province
| District | Area (km²) | Forest % | Farmland % | Built-up % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhaktapur | 123 | 9.1 | 6.5 | 80.3 |
| Chitawan | 2,240 | 63.5 | 12.0 | 10.2 |
| Dhading | 1,907 | 54.1 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Dolakha | 2,147 | 29.6 | 0.1 | 3.5 |
| Kathmandu | 414 | 6.6 | 1.4 | 85.5 |
| Kavrepalanchok | 1,394 | 65.7 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| Lalitpur | 397 | 50.8 | 0.4 | 32.3 |
| Makwanpur | 2,443 | 69.7 | 5.4 | 10.4 |
| Nuwakot | 1,193 | 42.4 | 11.1 | 13.5 |
| Ramechhap | 1,564 | 46.4 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Rasuwa | 1,501 | 31.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Sindhuli | 2,484 | 65.7 | 7.8 | 0.4 |
| Sindhupalchok | 2,491 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Fires in Bagmati Province each year
Satellite fire detections (NASA FIRMS, VIIRS S-NPP) inside Bagmati Province: about 4,995 a year on average, most in 2016 (11,062).
Questions about Bagmati Province
- What is the forest cover of Bagmati Province?
- About 52.7% of Bagmati Province is forest (95% interval 47.6–57.8%), roughly 10,696 km², according to the Nepal-adapted U-Net applied to 156 sample sites. That ranks 2nd of 7 provinces.
- How much of Bagmati Province is built-up or urban?
- Built-up land covers about 6.8% (1,387 km²). Bagmati Province ranks 2nd of 7 provinces for built-up share.
- How big is Bagmati Province?
- Bagmati Province covers 20,297 km² and has 13 districts.
Source: Nepal-adapted U-Net (Khadka & Pradhan 2026) on Esri and EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless imagery; Impact Observatory/Esri 10 m land cover; boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.