The overall picture regarding land use patterns in India constitutes divergent situations in regard to land use patterns across different states. There is a high degree of concentration of major land use classes in a few states. For instance, the area under the forests are mostly concentrated in the hilly states and also in states having a large number of tribal districts.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/investigation-land-use-dynamics-india-and-land-under-utilisation
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/d-bardhan
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/s-k-tewari
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/indian-journal-agricultural-economics
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/statistics
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land