Horse Gram (Kulthi)
Sow in July, harvest around November
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹12,000–₹17,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹4,000–₹10,000 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 in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 400 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 430 mm it can use in a normal year, and 340 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–28 °C on average, and survives 17–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jul 32 °C / 24 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 23 °C
- Oct 34 °C / 19 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Horse Gram (Kulthi): 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 2.5 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (November 2025): about ₹5,780 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹4,963 a quintal, the middle of 12 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹5,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹4,540 2021
- ₹4,350 2022
- ₹4,750 2023
Prices are usually best in August.
Typical costs are about ₹8,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.