Twelve Vertisol profiles, collected from Tungabhadra Left Bank Command, were investigated for status and depth distribution of inorganic and organic forms of P. Organic P, accumulating in top depths similar to total p (138.3 to 1280.8 ppm), contributed significant portion of the latter. Among various inorganic P. fractions, which generally tended to reduce with the profile depth, Ca-P, with a contribution of 7.6 to 68.4 per cent to total P, was the most abundant followed by reductant soluble P, Al-P, occuluded-P, Fe-P and saloid-P. Or­ganic carbon and CaCo₃ influenced distribution of soil P into different forms and its availabil­ity, while salinity and or sodicity had no such pronounced effect. Lower organic C/organic P ratios indicated possibility of rapid mineralization, while dominance of Ca-P revealed poorly weathered status of soils.