The important types of land use pattern in India are :

1. Forest area 

2. Land not available for cultivation 

3. Cultivable wasteland 

4. Fallow land 

5. 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’s 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.