Grows best at
30–42 °C
0 °C survives 5–49 °C 40 °C

Will it grow on your land?

Dadra And Nagar Haveli The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu
Water
Season

Possible in Dadra And Nagar Haveli, with effort

Bael

Holds the land all year

No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop.

No price yet to estimate income

  • Suits: Rain is enough
  • Needs care: Cool in June
  • Not known: No soil data
Why, and how to make it work

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 1,190 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,950 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,420 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 30–42 °C on average, and survives 5–49 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

  • Jun 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
  • Jul 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
  • Aug 30 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
  • Sep 31 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
  • Oct 34 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
  • Nov 34 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
  • Dec 32 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
  • Jan 31 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
  • Feb 33 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
  • Mar 36 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
  • Apr 37 °C / 24 °C
  • May 37 °C / 26 °C
  • Jun 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Likes pH 6.0–7.5. We have no pH figures for this place.

Money

Yield: about 28 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 5 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.

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What it needs

Temperature

30–42 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 5–49 °C.

Water

The check above works out its water need on your land.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 5.3 to 8.5.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Ordinary farm soil is fine
  • K Needs plenty of potassium, zinc and boron
How the soil score works

Source: FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°); TerraClimate 1991–2020 temperature normals (about 4 km), where each district's villages are.

Fertiliser for one acre

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra for the dose.

Watch out for

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to watch for.

Mandi price, month by month

No mandi prices for this crop yet.

Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
22,907 acres
2024-25
Average yield
28.3 quintals an acre (7.0 tonnes a hectare)
2024-25
Most area
Odisha
79% of India's

States that grow it

Each state's share of India's production, in its latest year with figures (2024-25). Tap a state to open it.

Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).

Where it grows most

The districts with the most area in recent years. The map colours every district growing it on at least 100 ha by yield; the numbers mark these districts.

No recent district figures for this crop.