A study was made to characterize and classify the salt-affected Vertisols in the title aREA, India. The pH of the soils varied from 7.6 to 8.4 and electrical conductivity, from 0.4 to 11.2 ds/m. The organic carbon in the soils was low, while CaCO3 varied from 6.5 to 15.5 per cent and was uniformly distributed in the profiles. Soil had high CEC varying from 31.4 to 72.4 cmo1/kg (P+), of which exchangeable calcium plus magnesium comprised 50 per cent and sodium exchangeable calcium plus magnesium comprising 50 per cent, with sodium being the next dominant. The ESP values in the soils varied from 8.5 to 31.0 showing a general increase with depth, though in two of the profiles, the reverse was the case, indicating the start of alkalization from the surface layers. The concentration of bicarbonates in soil solution was smaller and carbonates were found only in traces. The movement of sodium salts to the surface showed the conversion of these soils, mostly saline-sodic, to sodic soils.