Land thickly covered with trees, bushes and creepers is called a forest. We get many useful things from the trees in a forest such as pulp for paper, fruits, medicines and raw materials for many other products that are produced in factories. Forests are found mainly in areas where there is sufficient rainfall. Ideally, one third of the total area of a country should be one. Fifth of india total area is forest.                         {.Types of forest}

There are different types of forests. These depend on the climate, the kind soil and the amount of rainfall. They are:                1. Tropical Rain Forests.

  2. Mountain Vaetation.

   3. Tropical deciduous forests.

People living in forests  depend on various forest products for living unlike people living in cities or villages. They are called adivasi or tribals. Jarwa, kol, Bhil, Munda , Gond,Khasis,Santhals are some of the adivasi groups living in different forests of India.  Tribal people depend on forest resources for their living women gather various forest products such a tendu leaves, berries bamboo, fruits, sal, seeds, mahua, gum and medicinal plants. From the raw materials collected from the jungles these women make basket mats brooms etc.