Brinjal
Sow in October, harvest around March
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.
₹1.2 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: 4 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 4 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 570 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 210 mm it can use in a normal year (140 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):
- Oct 31 °C / 24 °C
- Nov 31 °C / 24 °C
- Dec 32 °C / 23 °C
- Jan 32 °C / 23 °C
- Feb 33 °C / 24 °C
- Mar 34 °C / 25 °C
Soil
Soil for Brinjal: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 78 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
On rain alone it gets about 72% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 72% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (March–April 2026): about ₹2,675 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹2,100 2021
- ₹2,580 2022
- ₹2,630 2023
- ₹3,130 2024
- ₹2,750 2025
Prices are usually best in November.
Typical costs are about ₹76,000 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 boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.