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 your state.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,340 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 520 mm it can use in a normal year, and 320 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 30 °C / 22 °C
- Jul 27 °C / 21 °C
- Aug 27 °C / 21 °C
- Sep 28 °C / 20 °C
- Oct 30 °C / 19 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 17 °C
- Dec 30 °C / 14 °C
- Jan 30 °C / 14 °C
- Feb 32 °C / 16 °C
- Mar 35 °C / 19 °C
- Apr 37 °C / 22 °C
- May 36 °C / 23 °C
- Jun 30 °C / 22 °C
Soil
Soil for Jackfruit: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 64 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 ₹1,785 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹1,400 2021
- ₹2,280 2022
- ₹1,630 2023
- ₹2,000 2025
Prices are usually best in October.
Typical costs are about ₹71,000 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 nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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 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.
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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.