₹88,000–₹1.3 lakh
per acre a year, before costs
once bearing, from about year 5
After typical costs: ₹61,000–₹1.1 lakh an acre a year
- Needs care: Risky: 18 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 18 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,650 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 800 mm it can use in a normal year, and 570 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 / 26 °C
- Jul 35 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 34 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 24 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 23 °C
- Dec 29 °C / 22 °C
- Jan 30 °C / 21 °C
- Feb 31 °C / 22 °C
- Mar 33 °C / 23 °C
- Apr 35 °C / 26 °C
- May 37 °C / 27 °C
- Jun 37 °C / 26 °C
Soil
Soil for Coconut: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: organic carbon, sulphur and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
Likes pH 5.0–8.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 22 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 ₹5,000 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 ₹83,000 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
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 37 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 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.