Groundnut
Sow in June, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 7,119 acres here. Sold at 1 mandi in your district.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- 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 510 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 120 mm it can use in a normal year, and 50 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 22–32 °C on average, and survives 10–45 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 40 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 35 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 34 °C / 24 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Groundnut: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
- 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 4.4 quintals an acre here in this season (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 this season's harvest so far (October 2026): about ₹6,450 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹7,170 a quintal, the middle of 137 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).
Minimum support price: ₹7,517 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
Prices are usually best in September.
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.