Dataset

Soil Types: State-wise Distribution of Land by Types of Soil in India

SoilsIndiaIndia Water Resources Information System

Dataset Objective

To assess the characteristics of soil in India.

Context

The different types of soils represented are: Alluvial, Coastal Alluvial, Black, Red, Rock, Desert, Mountain Medow, Glacier, Sub-montane, Brown, Salf, Hill, Water Bodies, Terai, Peat, Mangrove, Swamps, Beach, Creeks, Lagoons, Gullied, etc.

What is included

This dataset entails state, district, area in ha, soil depth, soil texture, slope, erosion, and productivity.

Collection Methods

The data is provided by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation