Data set on Soil respiration, enzyme activities and soil microbial biomass carbon in semi-arid forest of India. Location of the data is Delhi. It covers all the four ridge forest of Delhi, India.

This data set contains the data collected during the period 2016-2017 in Delhi covering all the four ridges. Each of the data points presented is the average of five values that were collected and analysed during the study. The data set contains information about the Soil respiration, various soil enzymes, microbial biomass carbon and various soil physical and chemical parameters taken during the study. Abbreviations used are: SOC Soil organic carbon BA β-glucosidase activity DHA Dehydrogenase activity PO Phenol oxidase activity