Mango
Holds the land all year
Grown on 38,456 acres here. Last recorded in 2014-15. Sold at 1 mandi in your district.
₹1.2 lakh–₹1.9 lakh
per acre a year, before costs
once bearing, from about year 4
After typical costs: ₹1.1 lakh–₹1.7 lakh an acre a year
- Needs care: Risky: 13 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 13 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,280 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 660 mm it can use in a normal year, and 520 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 24–30 °C on average, and survives 8–48 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 36 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 32 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 24 °C
- Nov 31 °C / 22 °C
- Dec 30 °C / 19 °C
- Jan 30 °C / 19 °C
- Feb 32 °C / 21 °C
- Mar 35 °C / 23 °C
- Apr 36 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- May 38 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 36 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Mango: 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 zinc, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 51 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (no recent yield figures for your district).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 4 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (May–June 2026): about ₹3,050 a quintal at mandis in your district.
Prices are usually best in May.
Typical costs are about ₹16,000 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.
About 99% of local fields of this crop get it.
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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.
About 24% of local fields of this crop get it.
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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.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 99%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 30%
- Zinc Sulphate Heptahydrate / Monohydrate 24%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 6%