LEGEND BHAIYA SOILS AND RELATED CONCEPT

TYPES OF SOILS AREA OF OCCURRENCE COMPOSITIONS CROPS GROWN

Large variety of rabi and kharif crops

Mainly found in the plains of Gujarat, Punjab, Rich in potash and lime but deficient in nitrogen
ALLUVIAL such as wheat, rice, sugarcane, cotton,
Haryana, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand etc. and phosphoric acid
jute etc.

Deccan plateau- Maharashtra, Madhya

BLACK (OR Rich in iron, lime, aluminium, magnesium, calcium Cotton, sugarcane, jowar, tobacco,
Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu,
REGUR SOIL) but lacks in nitrogen, phosphorus and humus wheat, rice etc.
Valleys of Krishna and Godavari

Eastern and southern part of the Deccan

Rich in iron and potash but deficient in lime, Wheat, rice, cotton, sugarcane and
RED SOIL plateau, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and southern
nitrogen phosphorus and humus pulses
parts of the middle Ganga plain.

Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Rich in iron but poor in silica, lime, phosphorus,
LATERITE Cashew Nuts, tea, coffee, rubber
Pradesh, Assam and Orissa hills. potash and humus

Only drought resistant and salt tolerant

ARID AND Western Rajasthan, north Gujarat and southern Rich in soluble salts, but deficient in organic
crops such as barley, rape, cotton,
DESERT Punjab matter
millets maize and pulses

Western Gujarat, deltas of eastern coast,

SALINE AND Many salts such as sodium, magnesium and
Sunderbans areas of West Bengal, Punjab and Unfit for agriculture
ALKALINE calcium
Haryana

Hills of Jammu and Kashmir Uttarakhand and Assam With fertilisers, tea, fruits and medicinal
MOUNTAIN Rich in iron and humus, but deficient in lime
hills plants can be grown

LEGEND BHAIYA
PEATY AND Kerala, coastal regions of Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Contain large amount of soluble salts and organic
Useful for rice and jute cultivation
MARSHY Suderbans of West Bengal matter, but lack in potash and phosphates

1. Inceptisols –
Covers 39%
Area
2. Entisols –
Covers 28%
Area
3. Alfisols – 13
% Area
4. Vertisols –
8% Area
5. Aridisols 0.4%
Area
6. Ultisols – 2%
Area
7. Mollisols –
0.4% Area

LEGEND BHAIYA