Carrot
Sow in October, harvest around May
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 3 mandis in your district.
₹74,000–₹1.1 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹39,000–₹77,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Doesn't suit: Too cold 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 470 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 400 mm it can use in a normal year (330 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 40 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 15–24 °C on average, and survives 3–30 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 23 °C / 8 °C
- Nov 17 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 7 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 15 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 21 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- May 25 °C / 12 °C
Soil
Soil for Carrot: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 5.8–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 28 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 (May–June 2026): about ₹3,300 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹2,300 2022
- ₹2,180 2023
- ₹2,500 2024
- ₹2,100 2025
Prices are usually best in June.
Typical costs are about ₹35,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.