₹1.8 lakh–₹2.7 lakh
per acre a year, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹33,000 to a profit of ₹56,000 an acre a year
- Needs care: Risky: 9 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 9 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,260 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 840 mm it can use in a normal year, and 750 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 23–33 °C on average, and survives 12–42 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 31 °C / 24 °C
- Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 30 °C / 22 °C
- Nov 28 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 25 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 23 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 27 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 30 °C / 18 °C
- Apr 31 °C / 21 °C
- May 31 °C / 23 °C
- Jun 31 °C / 24 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Banana: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: sulphur.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 54 quintals an acre here (district figures).
Mandi price through the year (January 2026, March–November 2026): about ₹4,125 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹4,300 a quintal, the middle of 380 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹21,000 a year after typical costs.
- ₹4,000 2021
- ₹3,400 2022
- ₹4,300 2023
- ₹4,680 2024
- ₹6,000 2025
Prices are usually best in January.
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
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 68 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
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.