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. Sold at 12 mandis in your district.
₹1.3 lakh–₹2.0 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹67,000–₹1.3 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Frost risk in January
- 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 370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 150 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 20–35 °C on average, and survives 9–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Nov 24 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 17 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 21 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 26 °C / 14 °C
- Apr 31 °C / 19 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Nights in January can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
Soil
Soil for Brinjal: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 73 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 ₹2,250 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹1,730 2021
- ₹2,300 2022
- ₹2,180 2023
- ₹2,750 2024
- ₹2,550 2025
Prices are usually best in March.
Typical costs are about ₹64,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.