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 5 mandis in your district.
₹1.2 lakh–₹1.8 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹44,000–₹1.0 lakh an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 2 irrigations short
- Needs care: Frost risk in December
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 400 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 26 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 20 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 18 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 21 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 27 °C / 14 °C
- Apr 33 °C / 18 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Nights in December 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.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
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).
On rain alone it gets about 87% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 87% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (April–May 2026): about ₹2,013 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹1,280 2021
- ₹1,830 2022
- ₹1,730 2023
- ₹2,130 2024
- ₹2,000 2025
Prices are usually best in February.
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.
How to make it work
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.