Banana
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across your state.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,430 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 550 mm it can use in a normal year, and 460 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 23–33 °C on average, and survives 12–42 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 31 °C / 23 °C
- Jul 27 °C / 21 °C
- Aug 26 °C / 21 °C
- Sep 27 °C / 21 °C
- Oct 28 °C / 19 °C
- Nov 26 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 26 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 26 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 29 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 32 °C / 18 °C
- Apr 34 °C / 21 °C
- May 34 °C / 23 °C
- Jun 31 °C / 23 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Banana: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 86 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.
Mandi price through the year (December 2025–October 2026): about ₹1,900 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹4,300 a quintal, the middle of 380 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).
- ₹3,000 2022
- ₹3,000 2023
- ₹2,230 2024
- ₹1,900 2025
Prices are usually best in September.
Typical costs are about ₹2.1 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.
Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.