Chillies (Dry)
Sow in July, harvest around December
This season's sowing time (July–August) 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.
₹77,000–₹1.1 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹35,000 to a profit of ₹3,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 610 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 910 mm it can use in a normal year, and 700 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 17–30 °C on average, and survives 8–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 34 °C / 23 °C
- Nov 34 °C / 19 °C
- Dec 32 °C / 15 °C
Soil
Soil for Chillies (Dry): 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 6.0 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹15,833 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹17,550 a quintal, the middle of 39 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹5,000 a season at typical costs.
- ₹12,690 2021
- ₹17,320 2022
- ₹18,750 2023
- ₹11,620 2024
- ₹10,870 2025
Prices are usually best in June.
Typical costs are about ₹1.1 lakh 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.