Four representative soil series Jaonia, Halti, Taras and Digli were selected from the Chalan Beel area and a total of 8 soil samples were collected from the surface (Ap1) and subsurface (B21) of the each soil series. GPS was used to locate the position of the sites from where soil samples were collected for the study. Soil, land type, land use, drainage, depth of inundation data were collected from aerial photography, field survey and interviewing farmers in the study area. Soil texture studied in the field followed by standard laboratory methodology. Collected soil samples were air dried, grinded and screened through sieve. The samples were analyzes for pH, organic matter, N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, B, Cu, Zn, Fe and Mn. pH of the soils was determined by a pH meter at a soil water ratio of 1 : 2.5. Organic Carbon was determined volumetrically by wet oxidation method of Walkley and Black. Total N was estimated by Kjeldahl’s method and available P was determined by Olsen method, available S was determined by a spectrophotometer after developing turbidity with barium chloride. Ammonium acetate extract was prepared and the exchangeable Ca, Mg, K were determined from the extracts. Zn, Cu, Fe and Mn were extracted with DTPA solution as followed by Agro-Services International methodology. Boron was determined by Azomethine H reagent buffer solution. Digli soils (Typic Endoaquepts) are developed on the meander floodplain. They are seasonally very deeply flooded, poorly drained, grey to dark grey, clays with strong prismatic and angular blocky structure in the B horizon. They often overlie weathered Madhupur clay below about 3 feet from the surface. Halti soils (Humi Dystrudepts) are developed in a mixture of Atrai alluvium and Barind tract sediments. They occupy broad basins. They are seasonally deeply flooded, very poorly drained, dark grey, heavy clays with strong angular blocky , wedge shaped structure in the B horizons. They are perennially gleyed below about 2 feet from the surface. Jaonia soils (Vertic Dystrudepts) comprises seasonally very deeply flooded, poorly drained soils developed on the basins. They have dark grey, with heavy clays in the surface as well as in the subsurface. Taras soils (Humic Dystriudepts) are poorly drained, seasonally deeply to very deeply flooded soils developed in fine textured sediments overlying the Madhupur clay. They occur on nearly level to very gently undulating broad basins of the Barind tract. They are very dark grey heavy clays with wedge shaped peds and slickenside below about 15-20 inches.