Characterization and classification of soil resources is essential scientifically plan agricultural land use agroforestry, agri-horticulture and silvipastoral farming systems. In the present study, an attempt was made to characterize and classify the soils occurring on different topography in three villages of Ramanagara district of Karnataka. Out of forty five pedons, nine representative pedons (covering all the soil types) very shallow to deep, dark reddish brown to yellowish red (red soils), to very dark brown to very dark greyish-brown (black soils) in colour. With sub-angular blocky in structure, These soils were sandy clay to clay in texture, strongly acidic to slightly alkaline (4.5-8.02) in reaction (non-saline soils) and had medium to high (0.5-1.33%) organic carbon content. Calcium and magnesium were the dominant exchangeable cations followed by sodium and potassium. Soils were grouped under Alfisols, Inceptisols and Entisols orders.