Describe the Land use pattern in …

Land resources in India are primarily divided into agricultural land, forest land, land meant for pasture and grazing, land for other non-agricultural use(such as housing, roads and industry) and waste land (rocky, arid and desert areas). In 2002-03, 54 per cent of the total land area was cultivable or fallow, 22.5 per cent was covered by forests and 3.5 per cent was used for grazing. The rest was waste land, with traces of miscellaneous cultivation.

According to the recent data, about 54% of the total land area is cultivable or fallow, 22.5% is covered by forests, and 3.45% is used for grazing. The rest is waste land, with traces of miscellaneous cultivation. Land use pattern refers to the way a particular piece of land us utilized by the authority to manage it in a planned way. A piece of land can be distributed according to the requirements for agriculture, residence, forests etc. India is the second most populated country of the world. Due to this huge population which is increasing day by day. The need of land resources to make more livable and factory sites are also increasing. That's why the land use pattern is changing day by day.