Type of soils, States where found

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Types of Soils, States where Found & Crops grown

Types of Soils	States	Crops grown
Alluvial Soils	Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand etc.	Wheat, rice, sugarcane, cotton, jute
Black (Regur soil)	Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Valleys of Krishna and Godavari	Cotton, sugarcane, jowar, tobacco, wheat, rice
Red	Eastern and southern part of the Deccan plateau, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and southern parts of the middle Ganga plain	Wheat, rice, cotton, sugarcane and pulses
Laterite	Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Orissa hills	Cashewnuts, tea, coffee, rubber
Arid and Desert	Western Rajasthan, north Gujarat and southern Punjab	Only drought resistant and salt tolerant crops such as barley, rape, cotton, millets, maize and pulses
Saline and Alkaline	Western Gujarat, deltas of eastern coast, Sunderban areas of West Bengal, Punjab and Haryana	—