Vol. 11, Issue 6 (2023)

A soil fertility status inventory work was carried out in some villages of Lakhanpur block of Jharsuguda district located in the Western Central Table Land Agro Climatic Zone of Odisha, India. Results show that soil pH ranged between 4.4 and 6.3 and electrical conductivity of the entire study area remained below 1 dSm^-1. Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) content ranged between 0.16 to 0.69%. Available nitrogen content in these soils was found to be varying between 78.0 to 347.0 kg ha^-1. Available Bray’s phosphorus content varied from 6.0 to 36.0 kg ha^-1. Available soil potassium content varied widely from 110 to 370 kg ha^-1. CaCl₂ extractable soil sulphur varied from 0.347 to 10.063 mg kg^-1. DTPA extractable micronutrients (Fe, Mn, Cu and Zn) varied from 62.34 to 181.66, 35.76 to167.81, 1.66 to 4.66, and 0.58 to 4.68 mg kg^-1 respectively. Hot water soluble boron content ranged from 0.18 to 0.86 mg kg^-1. All the figures in the lower range were found in upland soils while the higher values for all the parameters were found in low land soils.