A-Z

AREA (Mha)

SOIL TYPE

RAINFALL

DOMINANT CROPPING SEASON

PRINCIPAL CROPS

ELEVATION

North Eastern Transition Zone

0.871

Major - clay,

Minor -Laterite

830-890mm

Kharif season

Pulses, jowar, oil seeds, bajra, cotton & sugarcane

800-900m

North Eastern dry Zone

1.762

Major - deep black clay

Minor - medium black

633.2 to 806.6mm

Rabi season.

Rabi jowar, Bajra, Pulses, oilseeds and cotton.

300-450m

Northern Dry zone

4.78

Major - shallow to deep black clay

464.5-785.7mm

Rabi season

Maize, bajra, Groundnut, cotton Wheat, Sugarcane and Tobacco

450-900m

Central Dry Zone

1. 943

Major - red sandy loams

Minor - shallow to deep black

453.5-717.7mm

Kharif season

Ragi, jowar, pulses and Oilseeds

450-900m

Eastern dry zone

1.808

Major - red loamy

Minor - lateritic

679.1-888.9mm

Kharif season

Ragi, rice, pulses, maize and oil seeds.

800-900m

Southern dry zone

1.739

Major - red sandy loam

Minor - red loamy

670.6-888.6mm

Kharif season

Rice, ragi, pulses, jowar and tobacco

450-900m

Southern Transition Zone

1.218

Major - red sandy loam

Minor - red loamy

611.7-1053.9mm

Kharif season

Rice, Ragi, Pulses, Jowar and Tobacco.

Northern transition zone

1.194

Black clay and red sandy loam

619.4-1303.2mm

Kharif season

Rice, Jowar, Groundnut, Pulses, Sugarcane and Tobacco.

450-900m

Hilly zone

2.56

904.4-3695.1mm

Kharif season

Rice and pulses

Coastal Zone

1.167

Red lateritic and coastal alluvial

3010.9 - 4694.4mm

Monsoon season

Rice, Pulses and Sugarcane.

<300-800m