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 India.
₹39,000–₹59,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹15,000–₹35,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Cool in November
- 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 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 20–35 °C on average, and survives 9–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Nov 24 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 20 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 19 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 21 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 23 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 25 °C / 17 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
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 27 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 ₹1,800 a quintal across India's mandis.
- ₹1,450 2021
- ₹1,640 2022
- ₹1,510 2023
- ₹1,910 2024
- ₹1,750 2025
Prices are usually best in August.
Typical costs are about ₹24,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.