Groundnut
Sow in June, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 147 acres here. Priced from mandis across India.
₹21,000–₹32,000
per acre a season, before costs
Likely a loss at typical costs: ₹8,000–₹19,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Not known: No soil score
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 410 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,200 mm it can use in a normal year, and 810 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 22–32 °C on average, and survives 10–45 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 29 °C / 21 °C
- Jul 29 °C / 22 °C
- Aug 29 °C / 22 °C
- Sep 29 °C / 21 °C
Soil
No soil score here: the soil tests don't say enough about nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium.
Likes pH 5.5–6.5.
Money
Yield: about 3.7 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹7,087 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹7,170 a quintal, the middle of 137 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹13,000 a season at typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹7,517 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹5,150 2021
- ₹5,500 2022
- ₹6,270 2023
- ₹5,680 2024
- ₹5,000 2025
Prices are usually best in November.
Typical costs are about ₹40,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.