Brinjal
Sow in June, harvest around November
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across your state.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Needs care: Risky: 8 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Not known: No soil data
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 8 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 640 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 290 mm it can use in a normal year, and 230 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–35 °C on average, and survives 9–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 40 °C / 28 °C
- Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 34 °C / 27 °C
- Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 33 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 28 °C / 14 °C
Soil
Likes pH 5.5–6.8. We have no pH figures for this place.
Money
Yield: about 57 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (November 2026): about ₹1,600 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹1,700 a quintal, the middle of 3 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov).
- ₹1,210 2021
- ₹1,530 2022
- ₹1,350 2023
- ₹1,860 2024
- ₹1,500 2025
Prices are usually best in September.
Typical costs are about ₹60,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.