Agro-Climatic Agricultural Zone District |
Climate |
Broad Soil Group |
East and South-Eastern Coastal Plain |
Kendrapara, Khurda, part of Cuttack, Puri, Nayagarh and Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur |
Hot and humid |
Saline, Red and Mixed Red and Black, Laterite, Alluvial |
Eastern Ghats Highland |
Major parts of Koraput, Nabarangpur |
Warm and humid |
Red, Mixed Red and Black, Mixed Red and Yellow |
Mid-Central Table Land |
Angul, Dhenkanal, parts of Cuttack and Jajpur |
Hot and moist sub-humid |
Alluvial, Red, Mixed Red and Black, Laterite |
North-Central Plateau |
Mayurbhanj, major parts of Keonjhar (except Anandpur and Ghasipur block) |
Hot and moist sub-humid |
Red and Yellow, Mixed Red and Black, Laterite |
North-Eastern Coastal Plain |
Balasore, Bhadrak, parts of Jajpur and Hatadihi block of Keonjhar |
Moist sub-humid |
Red, Deltaic alluvial, Coastal alluvial and Saline |
North-Eastern Ghats |
Phulbani, Rayagada, Gajapati, part of Ganjam and small patches of Koraput |
Hot and moist sub-humid |
Brown forest, Red, Mixed Red and Black, Laterite, Alluvial. |
North-Western Plateau |
Sundargarh, parts of Deogarh and Sambalpur and Jharsuguda |
Hot and moist sub-humid |
Red, Brown forest, Red and Yellow, Mixed Red and Black |
South-Eastern Ghats |
Malkangiri and parts of Keonjhar |
Warm and humid |
Red, Black and Laterite. |
Western Central Table Land |
Bargarh, Balangir, Boudh, Sonepur, parts of Sambalpur and Jharsuguda |
Hot and moist sub-humid |
Red, Yellow, Red Black, Black and Brown Forest, Laterite. |
Western Undulating Zone |
Kalahandi and Nuapada |
Hot and moist sub-humid |
Red, Mixed Red and Black |