₹33,000–₹49,000
per acre a year, before costs
once bearing, from about year 5
After typical costs: ₹6,000–₹22,000 an acre a year
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 1,390 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,290 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,080 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 22–34 °C on average, and survives 14–38 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 27 °C / 20 °C
- Jul 26 °C / 19 °C
- Aug 26 °C / 19 °C
- Sep 26 °C / 19 °C
- Oct 26 °C / 19 °C
- Nov 26 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 26 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 26 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 28 °C / 17 °C
- Mar 29 °C / 19 °C
- Apr 29 °C / 20 °C
- May 29 °C / 20 °C
- Jun 27 °C / 20 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Coconut: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: organic carbon and pH.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
Likes pH 5.0–8.0. We have no pH figures for this place.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 6.2 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
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–October 2026): about ₹6,600 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹5,500 a quintal, the middle of 15 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹7,000 a year after typical costs.
- ₹4,150 2021
- ₹3,300 2022
- ₹3,200 2023
- ₹3,500 2024
- ₹7,500 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in January.
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 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.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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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.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 3%
- Urea 1%
- NPK Mixture 1%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 1%