Carrot
Sow in October, harvest around February
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.
₹93,000–₹1.4 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹39,000–₹85,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Cool in December
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 260 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 210 mm it can use in a normal year (110 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 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 / 15 °C
- Nov 21 °C / 11 °C
- Dec 18 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 16 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Carrot: 8 out of 10 (good).
- Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of copper.
Likes pH 5.8–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 74 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 (February–March 2026): about ₹1,559 a quintal across India's mandis.
- ₹1,790 2021
- ₹2,050 2022
- ₹2,090 2023
- ₹2,240 2024
- ₹2,240 2025
Prices are usually best in July.
Typical costs are about ₹54,000 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 nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of copper Your soil is likely short of copper.
Mix 2 kg of copper sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.