Groundnut
Sow in November, harvest around March
Sowing time is now.
No figures for this season in your district. Sold at 3 mandis in your district.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Needs care: Cool in November
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 320 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 100 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 22–32 °C on average, and survives 10–45 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Nov 30 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 25 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 23 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 28 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Groundnut: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
Likes pH 5.5–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 8.7 quintals an acre here in its other seasons (district figures).
Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (March 2026): about ₹6,205 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹6,651 a quintal, the middle of 32 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov).
Minimum support price: ₹7,517 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹4,740 2024
- ₹4,310 2025
Prices are usually best in February.
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.
How to make it work
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 8.4 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.