Question

Explain land utilization in india

Answer 1

Major Types of Land Utilization in India are discussed below :

As in all other countries, land in India is put to various uses. The utilization of land depends upon physical factors like topography, soil and climate as well as upon human factors such as the density of population, duration of occupation of the area, land tenure and technical levels of the people.

There are spatial and temporal differences in land utilization due to the continued interplay of physical and human factors. India has total geographical area of about 328.73 million hectors but statistics pertaining to land utilization were available for about 306.05 million hectares in 1999-2000. Table 21.1 shows the trend in land utilization for about half a century between 1950-51 to 1999-2000.

Answer 2

Land Utilization :-

Land is used for the following purposes .

$\red{\bigstar} \underline{\textsf{Forest :- }}$

• About 23.3 % of land is under forest fiber in India.

$\red{\bigstar} \underline{\textsf{ Land not available for cultivation :- }}$

• This includes land put to construction of building roads etc .
• Barren and waste lands .

$\red{\bigstar} \underline{\textsf{ Other uncultivated land :- }}$

• This includes land used for permanent pastures and grazing ground .
• Land under miscellaneous tree crops .
• Culturable waste land ( land left and cultivated for more than five years )

$\red{\bigstar} \underline{\textsf{ Fallow Lands :- }}$

• Current Fallow Land : Land not cultivated for one or less than one agricultural year.
• Other than current fallow : this include land left uncultivated for 1 to 5 agricultural years

$\red{\bigstar} \underline{\textsf{ Net Sown Area :- }}$

• Areas sown more than once in the agricultural year plus net sown area is called Gross Cropped Area .