Mango
Holds the land all year
Grown on 11,587 acres here. Last recorded in 2013-14. Sold at 9 mandis in your district.
₹86,000–₹1.3 lakh
per acre a year, before costs
once bearing, from about year 4
After typical costs: ₹70,000–₹1.1 lakh an acre a year
- 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 1,160 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,250 mm it can use in a normal year, and 950 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 31 °C / 25 °C
- Jul 30 °C / 24 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 24 °C
- Nov 31 °C / 24 °C
- Dec 31 °C / 23 °C
- Jan 32 °C / 23 °C
- Feb 33 °C / 24 °C
- Mar 33 °C / 25 °C
- Apr 33 °C / 26 °C
- May 33 °C / 26 °C
- Jun 31 °C / 25 °C
Soil
Soil for Mango: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
- 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 22 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 ₹5,000 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹5,140 2021
- ₹5,980 2022
- ₹8,000 2023
- ₹9,500 2024
- ₹6,800 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in November.
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.