The   soil  of  the  district  is  yellowish to  dark brown   dominantly  fine  taxtured, generally  suitable for  all   type of  crops. Further,  watershed  scheme  has been implemented in the district to avoid erosion.

/p>Hills of the district are parts of the North Aravali ranges. The Lalsot-Bayana Hill range, runs from Lalsot to Bayana, demarcates the boundary between Dausa and Sawai Madhopur districts. The Aravali exposures have a perfect concordant sequence of beds from Lalsot to Bayana ridge. A belt of crystalline quartzite is found in hills from Dausa to Bhankari, schistose quartzite is also predominately exposed.

Dausa district falls under Indus Plains floristic region of India. Each region has its distinctive  species. This  district  is  endowed  with  Acacia nilotica  ( Babool ), Asenegal (Kumta),  Anogeissus (Dhok),  Prosopis (Khejadi), Capparis(Kair) and Caotropis (Ak). This vegetation is typically of tropical throne forests.

The district is endowed with a variety of  habitats. The district, although not rich in dense forest growth, it sustains considerable biological diversity. As far as  the faunal  regions  are  concerned, the  district  falls  under   Oriental  region. Of  the characteristic wildlife of the  region, the  wild animals still  surviving in the district include the monkey, lemur(langoor),panther,black buck & the peafowl.

The  major sources of   irrigation are  wells and  tube-wells in the  district. Around 155000 Hectare area (45% of the district area) is  covered by  these sources per year. Besides this, very limited area is irrigated through small rivers & ponds.

There are  36 dams  in the district. The  major dams are  Sainthal Sagar, Kalakho Bandh, Madhosagar Bandh  and  Moral Bandh.  Morel  and   Ban Ganga  are  major rivers located in the district. The total capacity of dams are 7074 MCFT.

The   district  has  219575  hectares of  arable land  of which   128169  hectares (58.92%)  is under  irrigation.

During  Kharif, the  groudnut  crop is  produced  in   irrigated  areas. Maize  also requires irrigation. Generally other crops are sown at the commencement of the rainy season. Groundnut, Maize and Cotton arre sown by broadcasting the seeds. Fertiliser is applied before sowing of groundnut and cotton.

Dring  Rabi,  the mustard  and  gram is  sown from   September to  October, in unirrigated land, while in the irrigated land,   barley, gram and  mustard are sown in October-November and wheat in November-December.

The district has 94652 hectares of  double  cropped area  with the crop cycle as moong-wheat,  groundnut-wheat,  moong-mustard,  bajra-mustard,   bajra-gram etc.

The principal crop of the district in Kharif is Bajra. The most important food grain crop in Rabi is wheat.

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