Question

7% data of the total land use pattern of India is not available. Can you say why? Give reasons.

Answer 1

Because 7% of the land of India is covered by forests, deserts, lakes, rivers, mountains.

Explanation:

• Land resources in India are mainly classified into agricultural land, forest, and land for grazing.

• Wasteland involves rocky and desert areas and land used for non-agricultural reasons for houses, roads, etc.  

• According to recent research, around 54% of the area is cultivable, whereas 22.5% is mainly forested, and 3.45% is used by cattle for grazing.

• With traces of various cultivation .land under forest has grown by only about 4% since 1960-61.