Districts with soil like Malda

Ranked by how closely their soil tests match: the share of samples low or short in each nutrient, pH and salt.
  1. Puducherry, Puducherry Grows Rice, Coconut, Sugarcane Compare
  2. Alappuzha, Kerala Grows Rice, Coconut, Tapioca (Cassava) Compare
  3. Rupnagar, Punjab Grows Wheat, Rice, Maize Compare
  4. Kapurthala, Punjab Grows Rice, Wheat, Sugarcane Compare
  5. Jalandhar, Punjab Grows Rice, Wheat, Guar Seed (Cluster Bean) Compare
  6. Alipurduar, West Bengal Grows Rice, Maize, Potato Compare
  7. Ludhiana, Punjab Grows Rice, Wheat, Sugarcane Compare
  8. Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka Grows Arecanut, Arecanut (Processed), Coconut Compare
  9. Pathankot, Punjab Grows Wheat, Rice, Maize Compare
  10. Mansa, Punjab Grows Wheat, Rice, Cotton Compare

Yields also depend on water, weather, seeds and farming practice, not only soil.

Source: Soil Health Card – soil nutrient analysis (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).