₹75,000–₹1.1 lakh
per acre a year, before costs
once bearing, from about year 5
After typical costs: ₹48,000–₹86,000 an acre a year
- Needs care: Risky: 12 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 12 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,590 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,000 mm it can use in a normal year, and 590 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 37 °C / 27 °C
- Jul 36 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 35 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 25 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 24 °C
- Dec 28 °C / 23 °C
- Jan 29 °C / 22 °C
- Feb 30 °C / 23 °C
- Mar 33 °C / 24 °C
- Apr 34 °C / 26 °C
- May 36 °C / 27 °C
- Jun 37 °C / 27 °C
Soil
Soil for Coconut: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 5.0–8.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 17 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–November 2026): about ₹5,500 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹5,400 a quintal, the middle of 9 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹66,000 a year after typical costs.
- ₹2,700 2021
- ₹2,220 2022
- ₹2,240 2023
- ₹3,030 2024
- ₹6,250 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
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 33 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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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.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.