Ginger

A monsoon crop. Sow in Apr–May, harvest in Dec–Jan.

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Season
Kharif
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Sowing Growing Harvest

99% of its area.
Ready in
240 days
about 8 months
Water
810–980 mm
of water over its season (rain plus irrigation)
Grows best at
19–29 °C
0 °C survives 13–35 °C 40 °C

When to sow and harvest

Kharif 99% of its area
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Sow Growing Harvest
The year starts in June, with the monsoon. Your district can shift a few weeks.

Sowing Growing Harvest

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Uttar Dinajpur West Bengal
Water
Season

Possible in Uttar Dinajpur, with effort

Ginger

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Sow in May, harvest around January

This season's sowing time (April–May) is over.

No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across your state.

₹2.2 lakh–₹3.3 lakh

per acre a season, before costs

After typical costs: ₹1.2 lakh–₹2.3 lakh an acre a season

  • Suits: Rain is enough
  • Suits: Ideal temperatures
  • Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 840 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,220 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,060 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 19–29 °C on average, and survives 13–35 °C.

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

  • May 34 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
  • Jun 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
  • Jul 33 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
  • Aug 33 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
  • Sep 32 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
  • Oct 32 °C / 23 °C
  • Nov 29 °C / 17 °C
  • Dec 26 °C / 12 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Ginger: 8 out of 10 (good).

  • Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
  • Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

How the soil score works

Money

Yield: about 45 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹6,125 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Average mandi price each year (₹ a quintal):
  1. ₹5,400 2021
  2. ₹4,790 2022
  3. ₹7,650 2023
  4. ₹8,350 2024
  5. ₹5,680 2025

Prices are usually best in August.

Typical costs are about ₹1.0 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

How to make it work

  • Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.

    Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.

    Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

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What it needs

Temperature

19–29 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 13–35 °C. Frost hurts it.

Water

810–980 mm over its season

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

Koraput East Garo Hills Kandhamal West Garo Hills Sangareddy

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 4.3 to 7.5.

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°); 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.

What an acre earns

At India's average yield and a recent price, named below. Your land, water and mandi will differ.

Left an acre, a season

₹1,07,500

Yield India's average
49.0 quintals an acre
× Price harvest price last season (Dec 2025–Jan 2026)
₹4,875 a quintal
= Income
₹2,38,900
− Costs about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys
−₹1,31,400
= Left
₹1,07,500

A good year or field earns about a fifth more, a poor one a fifth less: ₹1,91,100 to ₹2,86,700 income an acre. Costs stay the same either way.

Work it out for your land

Mandi price, month by month

Best month
July, ₹11,500 a quintal
Lowest
December, ₹4,750 a quintal
₹11,500
₹4,750
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Rupees a quintal, typical across India's mandis: each month's latest price (Dec 2025–Nov 2026).

Latest prices near Uttar Dinajpur Today's price across India

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

Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
5.3 lakh acres
2025-26
Average yield
49.0 quintals an acre (12.1 tonnes a hectare)
2025-26
Most area
Madhya Pradesh
18% 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.

District figures cover only 40% of India's ginger area, so the districts aren't listed. The states show where it grows.

Soil and yield

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

Ginger yields tend to be higher in districts with

  • More soil that is neutral moderate 168 districts

Ginger yields tend to be lower in districts with

  • More soil that is acidic moderate 168 districts
  • More soil low in potassium weak 167 districts
  • More soil low in phosphorus weak 161 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).