The study investigated different soil nutrient factors under different vegetational covers of a dry deciduous forest of West Bengal named Ballavpur Wildlife Sanctuary which is a created and protected forest. Simultaneous with the vegetation study 75 soil samples were collected from 25 quadrats of the studied forest and tested for different physico-chemical parameters. Vegetation- environment interactions were studied by Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA). The result showed that vegetation is not affected by any soil parameter in isolation, but a complex of interrelated parameters makes an impact. Many soil parameters displayed significant correlations among themselves. Available soil nutrients like sodium, potassium, phosphorus, available nitrogen contents etc were some common determining factors for controlling species distribution. Pterocarpus marsupium, Shorea robusta and Madhuca longifolia var latifolia showed preference of higher values of available soil nutrients in our studied forest.