Jute
Sow in May, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (March–May) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
₹75,000–₹1.1 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹34,000–₹72,000 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 400 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 840 mm it can use in a normal year, and 640 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 20–37 °C on average, and survives 13–45 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- May 26 °C / 17 °C
- Jun 26 °C / 19 °C
- Jul 26 °C / 20 °C
- Aug 26 °C / 20 °C
- Sep 26 °C / 19 °C
Soil
Soil for Jute: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: boron.
- Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
Likes pH 6.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 7.2 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹12,950 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹15,600 a quintal, the middle of 11 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹72,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹5,925 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹6,580 2021
- ₹6,050 2022
- ₹5,200 2023
- ₹5,000 2024
- ₹6,380 2025
Prices are usually best in June.
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.