Red soil contains a lot of iron oxide which makes it appear brown or grey. It develops on old crystalline rocks. It is found inTamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Partsof Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand,Bundelkhand. Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipurand Nagaland . It is suitable for almost all croptypes especially vegetables, rice, ragi.tobacco, ground nut and potatoes,