Grows best at
26–45 °C
0 °C survives 10–52 °C 40 °C

Will it grow on your land?

Ukhrul Manipur
Water
Season

Won't work: too much rain for it to fruit

Date Palm

Holds the land all year

No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop.

No price yet to estimate income

  • Needs care: Risky: 5 irrigations short
  • Needs care: Frost risk in December
  • Not known: No soil data
Why, and how to make it work

Water

Rain falls about 5 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,160 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 930 mm it can use in a normal year, and 730 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 26–45 °C on average, and survives 10–52 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

  • Jun 25 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
  • Jul 25 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
  • Aug 25 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)
  • Sep 25 °C / 17 °C (outside its best range)
  • Oct 24 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
  • Nov 21 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
  • Dec 18 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
  • Jan 18 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
  • Feb 20 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
  • Mar 23 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
  • Apr 25 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
  • May 25 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
  • Jun 25 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Nights in December can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.

Soil

Likes pH 6.5–8.0. We have no pH figures for this place.

Money

Yield: about 31 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.

On rain alone it gets about 80% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 80% of this yield.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.

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What it needs

Temperature

26–45 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 10–52 °C. Frost hurts it.

Water

The check above works out its water need on your land.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 6 to 8.5.

Soil

  • Copes with salty soil
  • Needs rich soil
  • K Needs plenty of potassium, zinc and boron
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°); TerraClimate 1991–2020 temperature normals (about 4 km), where each district's villages are.

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

No mandi prices for this crop yet.

Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
68,874 acres
2025-26
Average yield
31.5 quintals an acre (7.8 tonnes a hectare)
2025-26
Most area
Gujarat
75% of India's

States that grow it

Each state's share of India's production, in its latest year with figures (2025-26). Tap a state to open it.

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

Where it grows most

The districts with the most area in recent years. The map colours every district growing it on at least 100 ha by yield; the numbers mark these districts.

No recent district figures for this crop.