Land and water are the two most valuable and vital resources essentially required not only for sustenance of life but also for the economic and social progress of a region. In India population pressure is increasing over the years which resulted in the scarcity of availability of land and water resources. Industrial expansion is also a need of the time, which requires infrastructural facilities; which intern forms a feed back resulting in further pressure on finite land and water resources. About 53 percent of the total area of India which is 172 m ha suffers from serious soil erosion and other forms of degradation. So, planning and management of land and water resources on a sustained basis without deterioration and with constant increase in productivity is the main stay in the mankind. Planning and management of natural resources requires hydrological data. In India, sediment yield data (hydrological data) are generally not collected for smaller watersheds and it becomes difficult to identify the most vulnerable area for erosion that can be treated on priority basis. In the present study remote sensing and GIS (Geographical Information System) technology were used to generate information regarding factors affecting soil erosion. These factors include soil type, vegetation, topography and various watershed properties such as drainage density, form factor etc. The present study is carried out in Kanhiya nala watershed of Gusuru river which is a tributary of Tons river basin in