Beans (Vegetable)
Sow in June, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Sold at 5 mandis in your district.
₹1.5 lakh–₹2.3 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹14,000–₹91,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 280 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 280 mm it can use in a normal year, and 170 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 16–25 °C on average, and survives 7–32 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 28 °C / 16 °C
- Jul 25 °C / 18 °C
- Aug 24 °C / 17 °C
Soil
Soil for Beans (Vegetable): 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 53 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹3,650 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹3,500 2021
- ₹4,500 2022
- ₹4,000 2023
- ₹4,730 2024
- ₹5,130 2025
Prices are usually best in May.
Typical costs are about ₹1.4 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.