Jackfruit
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Needs care: Very hot in April
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,310 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 570 mm it can use in a normal year, and 460 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 16–34 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 39 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 34 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 33 °C / 27 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 26 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 22 °C
- Nov 29 °C / 15 °C
- Dec 25 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 23 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 28 °C / 13 °C
- Mar 34 °C / 19 °C
- Apr 40 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
- May 42 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 39 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Days in April get hotter than it likes. Young plants need shade and water then.
Soil
Soil for Jackfruit: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 71 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 5 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
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 (April–June 2026): about ₹2,175 a quintal across India's mandis.
- ₹1,980 2021
- ₹2,020 2022
- ₹2,170 2023
- ₹2,670 2024
- ₹2,430 2025
Prices are usually best in October.
Typical costs are about ₹78,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.