Groundnut
Sow in June, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 16 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹58,000–₹88,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹18,000–₹47,000 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, even in a dry year.
Needs about 400 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,260 mm it can use in a normal year, and 990 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 34 °C / 27 °C
- Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 25 °C
Soil
Soil for Groundnut: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.5–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 9.7 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 ₹7,500 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹7,100 a quintal, the middle of 8 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹29,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹7,517 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹5,290 2021
- ₹5,880 2022
- ₹6,380 2023
- ₹5,730 2024
- ₹5,000 2025
Prices are usually best in October.
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 11 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.