asis of land 
soils, which 
in Table-4. 
various soil 
The criteria 
> criteria for 
for mango 
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Soil series Taxonomic Classification 
Kalkothi Mixed, Hyperthermic, Typic 
Ustipsamments 
Mohammedpur Coarse loamy, Mixed, 
Hyperthermic, Typic Ustorthents 
Anupshahr Mixed Hyperthermic, Typic 
Ustipsamments. 
Siyana Fine loamy, Mixed, 
Hyperthermic, Typic 
Ustochrepts 
Rampur Fine loamy, Mixed, 
Hyperthermic, Typic 
Ustochrepts. 
Mankari Coarse loamy, Mixed, 
Hyperthermic, Typic 
Ustochrepts 
Shikarpur Fine loamy, Mixed, 
Hyperthermic, Typic Haplustalf. 
Uttarawati Fine loamy, Mixed, 
Hyperthermic, fluventic 
Ustochrepts (Sodic). 
  
  
  
  
Table 5: Taxonomic Classification of soils of Siyana block 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Name of Te Depth Drai Slope Erosio Coarse Risk of Suita 
the soil xtu nage n Fragm Flood bility 
series re ent 
Kalkothi S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 
Mohamm S1 Sr S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 S1 
ran S3 S2 N S1 S3 S1 S1 Nd 
r 
Siyana S1 S1 S2 S1 S1 S1 S1 S2d 
Rampur S1 S1 S2 S1 S1 S1 S1 S2d 
Mankri S1 S1 S2 S1 S1 S1 S1 S2d 
Shikarpu S3 S1 S2 S1 S1 S1 S1 S3t 
orare S2 S2 S3 S1 S2 S1 S1 S3d 
ti 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
    
    
  
    
  
    
    
      
    
  
    
     
     
   
  
  
  
  
je | Erosion 
  
Slight 
  
% | Slight 
  
» | Very 
severe 
  
Nil 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Slight 
  
Slight 
  
Slight 
  
% Moderate 
  
  
  
  
  
and Si S2 S3 N 
Qualities 
Drainage | Well Moderate | Imperfect | Poorly 
drained ly well | ly drained 
drained drained and 
excessive 
ly drained 
Soil Very Deep Moderate | Shallow 
depth deep 
Relief Normal Sub- concave Excessive 
normal 
Slope Flat to | Strongly Moderate | Steep to 
moderate | slopping ly steep | very 
ly to steep steep 
. slopping 
Erosion Slight Moderate | Severe Very 
Hazard severe 
Risk of | Nil Low Moderate | High 
Flood 
Coarse None to | Moderate | Severe Very 
Fragmen | slight severe 
ts 
  
  
  
  
Table 6: Land Qualities and their rating for mango suitability 
class 
Table 7: Rating of Land Qualities for Mango 
Suitability | Suitability | Limitation Mango 
class factor area in ha 
ND Not Excessive 32.58 
suitable drainage 
S1 Highly Nil 239.35 
suitable 
S2d Moderately | Moderate 3562.34 
suitable drainage 
S3t Marginally Texture 990.35 
suitable 
S3d Marginally | Imperfect 6.9 
suitable drainage 
  
  
  
  
  
  
Table 8: Mango Plantation area in Different suitability classes 
Fig. 4 : Existing Mango Orchard area map. 
Oil. SERIES NAME 
ANUPSHAR 
KALKOTHI 
MANKAR! 
MOHAMMEDPUR 
RAMPUR 
SIKARPUR 
SIYANA 
UTTARAWATI 
  
BEBEBDEB 
Fig. 5 : Soil map of Siyana block. 
Finally four classes of soil suitability viz. highly suitable (S1), 
Moderately suitable (S2), Marginally suitable (S3) and not 
suitable (N) were identified. The area under suitability class s2d 
(moderately suitable due to moderate drainage) is higher than the 
area under class S1 (highly suitable) because the moderate 
drainage is not a constraint for mango plantation. Figure-5 shows 
soil map of the study area. Table-8 and Figure-6 represent mango 
plantation in various suitability classes.