_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: Email: manikmbstu@gmail.com; Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International 5(2): 1-9, 2016; Article no.JAERI.21565 ISSN: 2394-1073 SCIENCEDOMAIN international www.sciencedomain.org Effect of Soil Physico-chemical Properties on Agriculture: A Study in Tangail District, Bangladesh M. Rahman 1 and M. M. Mian 1,2* 1 School of Environmental Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh. 2 School of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, 174 Shazhengjie, Shapingba, Chongqing, 400044, China. Authors’ contributions The research was carried out equally by both authors. Author MR conceived the main idea and plan of the study. The literature study, statistical analysis and manuscript writing were conducted by authors MMM and MR. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JAERI/2016/21565 Editor(s): (1) Abdel-Tawab H. Mossa, Environmental Toxicology Research Unit (ETRU), Pesticide Chemistry Department, National Research Centre, Egypt. Reviewers: (1) Mohammed Suleiman, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina, Nigeria. (2) Evans Ntim Amedor, Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ghana. Complete Peer review History: http://sciencedomain.org/review-history/11743 Received 23 rd August 2015 Accepted 16 th September 2015 Published 8 th October 2015 ABSTRACT Aims: The economic development of Bangladesh is mainly influenced by agriculture sector, but lacks of available information regarding soil characteristics hindering the process of appropriate agricultural practice. This study tries to examine the physico-chemical characteristics of soil in Tangail district, Bangladesh, and evaluate the scope of agriculture. Place and Duration of Study: Entire soil sample was collected from three major zones (Bhuapur, Gopalpur and Tangail Sadar Upazilla) of Tangail district, Bangladesh during the period of September, 2013 to July, 2014. Methodology: Random quadrate methods were used to collect soil samples. Collected samples were dried at room temperature, mixed carefully, crushed and sieved by 20 mesh net and analyzed soil texture, bulk density, soil pH, organic matter, total N, available P, K, and S. Entire analysis was conducted twice and average value of results was considered for calculation. Results: It is revealed that, the soil texture varied largely In the three study zones, Tangail Sadar soil is mainly sandy clay loam, Bhuapur and Gopalpur Upazilla are silt loam and loam texture Original Research Article