Green Peas
Sow in October, harvest around January
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
₹28,000–₹42,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹7,000–₹21,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 10/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 200 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 50 mm it can use in a normal year (40 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 10–24 °C on average, and survives 4–30 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 25 °C / 15 °C
- Nov 22 °C / 12 °C
- Dec 19 °C / 8 °C
- Jan 18 °C / 7 °C
Soil
Soil for Green Peas: 10 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 16 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 ₹2,244 a quintal across India's mandis.
- ₹4,300 2021
- ₹4,640 2022
- ₹3,820 2023
- ₹5,000 2024
- ₹4,550 2025
Prices are usually best in October.
Typical costs are about ₹21,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.