Coconut
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
₹65,000–₹98,000
per acre a year, before costs
once bearing, from about year 5
After typical costs: ₹38,000–₹71,000 an acre a year
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Doesn't suit: Too cold in january
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 1,130 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,860 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,410 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 22–34 °C on average, and survives 14–38 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 25 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 25 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 25 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 24 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 22 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 18 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 15 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 13 °C / 1 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 14 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 17 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 20 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- May 23 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 25 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
Nights in November can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
Soil
Soil for Coconut: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
Likes pH 5.0–8.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 16 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 5 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
Mandi price through the year (December 2025–May 2026, July–November 2026): about ₹5,000 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹5,000 a quintal, the middle of 64 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹55,000 a year after typical costs.
- ₹2,850 2021
- ₹2,530 2022
- ₹2,430 2023
- ₹3,030 2024
- ₹6,010 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹27,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.
Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.
Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of manganese Your soil is likely short of manganese.
Spray manganese sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, on the young crop.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.