Survey Division consists of 3 (three) sections viz. Soil and Land Classification Survey Section, Soil Survey Interpretation Section and Soil Correlation Section headed by Principal Scientific Officer (PSO) at head quarter.

Functions:
Planning, co-ordination and supervision of all technical programmes and activities of the component sections. Review and/or editing of all technical reports prepared by the component sections. Co-ordination with allied Government, Autonomous/other agencies in national programmes on soil and land resource evaluation and land utilization planning. Correlation of soils and soil and land classification surveys at national level. Responsible for overall technical porgress of the Division. . Field investigation of soil problems. Assistance to the Director in general and technical administration of the Division.

Soil Survey Interpretation Section:
Planning, supervision and execution of soil survey data interpretation activities for various beneficiary agencies for agricultural development. Provision of basic data on soils, land capability and crop suitability for preparation of short and long-term agricultural development plans/projects. Interpretation of soil data for locating ar4eas suitable for extension and introduction of various crops like cereals. oil-seeds, vegetables, orchard crops, cotton, rubber, tea coffee, etc, including high yielding varieties, for the benefit of concentration of processing plants, storage facilities, etc. Planning for processing of soil survey dta for developing computerized data bank on soil information. Making acquaintance of the available data information on soils for agricultural development to the students of educational institutions including universities and colleges.