Beans (Vegetable)
Sow in July, harvest around October
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. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹3.0 lakh–₹4.6 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹2.0 lakh–₹3.5 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Warm in July
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 300 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 470 mm it can use in a normal year, and 350 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):
- Jul 31 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 29 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 31 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Beans (Vegetable): 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 40 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹9,588 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹5,000 a quintal, the middle of 137 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹92,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹3,400 2021
- ₹3,250 2022
- ₹2,450 2023
Prices are usually best in November.
Typical costs are about ₹1.1 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 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.