Ginger
Sow in April, harvest around December
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.
₹2.1 lakh–₹3.1 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1.0 lakh–₹2.1 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Not known: No soil data
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 810 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,160 mm it can use in a normal year, and 900 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):
- Apr 29 °C / 17 °C
- May 28 °C / 19 °C
- Jun 28 °C / 21 °C
- Jul 28 °C / 21 °C
- Aug 28 °C / 21 °C
- Sep 28 °C / 21 °C
- Oct 27 °C / 19 °C
- Nov 25 °C / 15 °C
- Dec 22 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Likes pH 6.0–7.0. We have no pH figures for this place.
Money
Yield: about 54 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 (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹4,750 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹6,380 2023
- ₹9,750 2024
- ₹5,500 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.