Land is used for different purposes such as agriculture, forestry, mining, building houses, roads and setting up of industries. This is commonly termed as Land use. 

Examples:

• Forests
• Land put to Non-agricultural Uses
• Barren and Wastelands
• The area under Permanent Pastures and Grazing Lands
• The area under Miscellaneous Tree Crops and Groves(Not included is Net sown Area) 
• Culturable Waste-Land
• Current Fallow
• Fallow other than Current Fallow
• Net Area Sown 

Further Reading:

• Geography Notes
• Geography Questions and Answers for UPSC