మన నేల / Mana Nela

Find your soil type

Tap a tile that looks like the soil in your field. Each page covers what it looks like, what grows well, what to watch for, and what your local KVK or ICAR institute recommends. Sourced only from ICAR, NBSS&LUP, SAU, KVK, and ICRISAT — no UPSC notes, no commercial sites.

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Alluvial Soil

India's most productive soil — fed by mountain rivers and re-laid every flood.

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Black Soil

Sticky in monsoon, cracked in summer — and one of India's most fertile soils.

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Red & Yellow Soil

India's gardener soil — gentle on the hand, hungry for water, generous to the right crop.

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Laterite Soil

Iron-rich, rain-washed — the soil that built the Konkan, Malabar, and the eastern hills.

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Arid / Desert Soil

Light, dry, and patient — the soil that taught Indian farmers what scarcity means.

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Forest & Mountain Soil

Steep, humus-rich, and easily lost — the soil that holds the hills together.

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Saline & Alkaline Soil

Salt-marked but not lost — every usar field has a path back to crops, given time and care.

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Peaty & Marshy Soil

Half-water, half-soil — the dark, ancient peat under Kuttanad and the Sundarbans.