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.
₹47,000–₹71,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹12,000–₹36,000 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 in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 230 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 70 mm it can use in a normal year (30 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 29 °C / 21 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 26 °C / 16 °C
- Dec 23 °C / 13 °C
- Jan 22 °C / 11 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Green Peas: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: sulphur.
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 26 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 ₹35,000 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
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Short of phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.
Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.