Ginger
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 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 850 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,020 mm it can use in a normal year, and 870 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 19–29 °C on average, and survives 13–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- May 36 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 34 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 32 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 32 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 32 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Oct 32 °C / 24 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 19 °C
- Dec 26 °C / 14 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Ginger: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
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.
- ₹5,400 2021
- ₹4,790 2022
- ₹7,650 2023
- ₹8,350 2024
- ₹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.