Coriander

A winter crop. Sow in Oct–Nov, harvest in Jan–Feb.

Check it on your land
Season
Rabi
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100% of its area.
Ready in
100 days
about 3½ months
Water
310–340 mm
over its season
Temperature
15–25 °C
0° survives 4–32 °C 40°

When to sow and harvest

Rabi 100% of its area
Today: rabi sowing time
J J A S O N D J F M A M
Sow Growing Harvest
The year starts in June, with the monsoon. Your district can shift a few weeks.

Will it grow on your land?

Water
Season

Pick your place and water to see:

  • Whether Coriander suits your land Good fit, possible or won't work, with the reasons.
  • What it could earn an acre From yields near you and mandi prices.
  • Water and fertiliser it needs Irrigations for your water, and bags for one acre.

What it needs

Temperature

15–25 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 4–32 °C.

Water

310–340 mm over its season

Rain and irrigation together, worked out where most of it grows:

Angul Koraput Kanpur Dehat Dhenkanal Baleshwar

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 4 to 8.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Needs rich soil
  • K Needs plenty of potassium and 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°).

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

Best month
December, ₹7,200
Lowest
July, ₹6,164
₹6,164
₹7,200
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Rupees a quintal, typical across India's mandis.

Source: Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).

Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
3,95,774 ha
2019-20
Average yield
1.3 t/ha
2019-20
Most area
Guna
Madhya Pradesh
Best yield
Sehore
4.0 t/ha

States that grow it

Production in each state's latest year with figures (2025-26).

  1. Madhya Pradesh 5.0 lakh t
  2. Gujarat 1.7 lakh t
  3. Rajasthan 90,276 t
  4. Assam 36,294 t
  5. West Bengal 16,579 t
  6. Odisha 12,953 t
  7. Maharashtra 7,796 t
  8. Uttar Pradesh 6,874 t
  9. Andhra Pradesh 4,925 t
  10. Uttarakhand 3,351 t

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

Districts with the most area (recent figures)

The map colours each district by yield, for districts growing it on at least 100 ha.

  1. Guna, Madhya Pradesh 80,593 ha
  2. Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh 52,072 ha
  3. Jhalawar, Rajasthan 42,152 ha
  4. Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh 33,495 ha
  5. Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh 20,974 ha
  6. Agar-Malwa, Madhya Pradesh 17,922 ha
  7. Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh 15,578 ha
  8. Kota, Rajasthan 14,999 ha
  9. Baran, Rajasthan 12,157 ha
  10. Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh 12,055 ha

Coriander yield

  1. 0.2–0.5 t/ha
  2. 0.5–0.7 t/ha
  3. 0.7–1.0 t/ha
  4. 1.0–1.5 t/ha
  5. 1.5–4.0 t/ha
No data

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2013-14 to 2019-20.

Where yields are highest

  1. Sehore, Madhya Pradesh 4.0 t/ha
  2. Sagar, Madhya Pradesh 3.9 t/ha
  3. Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh 3.9 t/ha
  4. Satna, Madhya Pradesh 3.5 t/ha
  5. West Garo Hills, Meghalaya 3.1 t/ha
  6. Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh 3.1 t/ha
  7. Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh 2.7 t/ha
  8. Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh 2.6 t/ha
  9. Rewa, Madhya Pradesh 2.5 t/ha
  10. Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh 2.4 t/ha

Only districts growing it on at least 100 ha.

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2013-14 to 2019-20.

Across India over the years

Yield (t/ha)

0.0 0.7 1.3
2013-14 2019-20
Latest 1.3 t/ha in 2019-20

Area (ha)

359K 438K 516K
2013-14 2019-20
Latest 3,95,774 ha in 2019-20

Only years in which most of the usual districts reported are shown.

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2013-14 to 2019-20.

Soil and yield

How district soil tests line up with this crop's yields across India.

Coriander yields tend to be higher in districts with

  • More soil that is neutral moderate 142 districts

Coriander yields tend to be lower in districts with

  • More soil that is acidic weak 142 districts
  • More soil low in organic carbon weak 142 districts
  • More soil short of boron weak 141 districts
  • More soil short of sulphur weak 142 districts
  • More soil low in phosphorus weak 142 districts

A pattern is not proof that soil causes the difference.

Source: Soil Health Card – soil nutrient analysis (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).