The important types of land use pattern in India are :
Forest area
Land not available for cultivation
Cultivable wasteland
Fallow land
Net area sown.
1. Forest area :
- According to National Forest Policy 1952, reporting area of the forest must be 33.3.% of the total land.
- Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Andaman Nicobar. Islands are reporting more area under forests.
- It is due to heacy rainfall and relief features.
2. Land not available for cultivation :
- The land used for human settlements, transport routes, canals, quarries, the mountains, deserts, marshes etc, are coming under this category. It accounts 14.2% of the total land in India.
- Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, states are having more area under this category.
3. Other Uncultivated lands including fallow land :
- This category includes permanent pasture as other grazing area, land under miscellanous tree crops, groves and cultivable waste. This category covers about 8.6% of the country’* total reporting land.
- The cultivable waste land is found more in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
4. Fallow lands :
- The land which is not used for cultivation for last 3 to 5 years is considered as fallow land.
- It accounts for about 8.13 % of Indias total land.
- The land under this category is reported more in the states of Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand.
5. Net area sown :
- India has a net sown area of 46.2% of the total reporting land in India.
- Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmii, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram.
