Phosphorus is an essential plant nutrient; however its availability for plant uptake is limited. Phosphate Solubilizing Microbes (PSM) are a group of microbes capable of solubilization of inorganic phosphates thereby making it available for plant use. These microbes (PSM) play a vital role on the phosphorus cycle. Among the PSM, Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB) are pre dominant and are crucial for maintaining available phosphorus in soil. However during slash and burning of jhum land, soil microbial community is altered to a great extend. The present study investigates the diversity of PSB in jhum field using 16SrRNA gene amplification of isolated potent bacteria. Seven species of PSB were identified, belonging to Burkholderia, Bacillus and Xanthomonas.