Beans (Vegetable)
Sow in October, harvest around January
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Sold at 10 mandis in your district.
₹1.7 lakh–₹2.6 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹87,000–₹1.7 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Warm in October
- 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 270 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 140 mm it can use in a normal year (80 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 16–25 °C on average, and survives 7–32 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 31 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 31 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 32 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Beans (Vegetable): 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 45 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 (January–February 2026): about ₹4,800 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹4,650 2021
- ₹5,710 2022
- ₹5,600 2023
- ₹5,800 2024
- ₹5,690 2025
Prices are usually best in May.
Typical costs are about ₹85,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.