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 1 mandi in your district.
₹1.1 lakh–₹1.6 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹27,000–₹80,000 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, even in a dry year.
Needs about 270 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 610 mm it can use in a normal year, and 430 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 16–25 °C on average, and survives 7–32 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 26 °C / 19 °C
- Jul 26 °C / 20 °C
- Aug 26 °C / 20 °C
Soil
Soil for Beans (Vegetable): 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: boron.
- The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 29 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 (October 2026): about ₹4,500 a quintal at mandis in your district.
Prices are usually best in August.
Typical costs are about ₹78,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.