Groundnut
Sow in June, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 29 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹27,000–₹41,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹13,000 to a profit of ₹343 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 790 mm it can use in a normal year, and 670 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 / 24 °C
- Jul 28 °C / 22 °C
- Aug 28 °C / 22 °C
- Sep 29 °C / 22 °C
Soil
Soil for Groundnut: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
Likes pH 5.5–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 6.1 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 ₹5,500 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹4,500 a quintal, the middle of 3 mandis in your state (latest 11 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.
- ₹5,030 2021
- ₹4,770 2022
- ₹4,740 2023
- ₹5,000 2024
- ₹5,130 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 8.8 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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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.
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Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.