Cinnamon & Tejpata

Check it on your land
Grows best at
24–30 °C
0 °C survives 18–36 °C 40 °C

Will it grow on your land?

Hamirpur Himachal Pradesh
Water
Season

Won't work: too cold in January

Cinnamon & Tejpata

Holds the land all year

No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop.

Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on

  • Needs care: Risky: 11 irrigations short
  • Doesn't suit: Too cold in january
  • Suits: Soil 10/10
Why, and how to make it work

Water

Rain falls about 11 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,430 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 910 mm it can use in a normal year, and 810 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 24–30 °C on average, and survives 18–36 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

  • Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
  • Jul 32 °C / 25 °C
  • Aug 31 °C / 24 °C
  • Sep 31 °C / 23 °C
  • Oct 29 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
  • Nov 24 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
  • Dec 20 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
  • Jan 17 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
  • Feb 22 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
  • Mar 27 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
  • Apr 33 °C / 19 °C
  • May 37 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
  • Jun 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)

Nights in January can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.

Soil

Soil for Cinnamon & Tejpata: 10 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen and boron.

  • The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 5.5–6.5.

How the soil score works

Money

Yield: about 9.2 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 3 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.

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What it needs

Temperature

24–30 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 18–36 °C. Frost hurts it.

Water

The check above works out its water need on your land.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes slightly acidic soil. Grows from pH 5 to 7.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Grows even on poor soil
  • S Needs plenty of sulphur
How the soil score works

Source: FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°); TerraClimate 1991–2020 temperature normals (about 4 km), where each district's villages are.

Fertiliser for one acre

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra for the dose.

Watch out for

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to watch for.

Mandi price, month by month

No mandi prices for this crop yet.

Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
5,647 acres
2025-26
Average yield
9.2 quintals an acre (2.3 tonnes a hectare)
2025-26
Most area
West Bengal
63% of India's

States that grow it

Each state's share of India's production, in its latest year with figures (2025-26). Tap a state to open it.

Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).

Where it grows most

The districts with the most area in recent years. The map colours every district growing it on at least 100 ha by yield; the numbers mark these districts.

No recent district figures for this crop.