Brinjal
Sow in November, harvest around April
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. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹1.7 lakh–₹2.6 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1.0 lakh–₹1.9 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Doesn't suit: Too cold in december
- 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 260 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 330 mm it can use in a normal year, and 250 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 20–35 °C on average, and survives 9–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Nov 17 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 7 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 15 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 21 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
Nights in November can bring frost while the plants are young. Sow a little later, or cover the seedlings on cold nights.
Soil
Soil for Brinjal: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 85 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 (April–May 2026): about ₹2,563 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹1,690 2021
- ₹2,180 2022
- ₹2,050 2023
- ₹2,330 2024
- ₹2,130 2025
Prices are usually best in January.
Typical costs are about ₹75,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.