Cauliflower
Sow in November, 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. Sold at 15 mandis in your district.
₹58,000–₹87,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹8,000 to a profit of ₹20,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 1 irrigation short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Not known: No soil score
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 1 irrigation (5 cm) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 220 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 40 mm it can use in a normal year (10 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 140 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 10–25 °C on average, and survives 5–30 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Nov 26 °C / 11 °C
- Dec 21 °C / 8 °C
- Jan 18 °C / 6 °C
- Feb 22 °C / 10 °C
Soil
No soil score here: the soil tests don't say enough about nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
Money
Yield: about 83 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
On rain alone it gets about 81% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 81% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹1,075 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹1,480 2021
- ₹2,180 2022
- ₹1,430 2023
- ₹2,830 2024
- ₹2,400 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in July.
Typical costs are about ₹66,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.