Moong (Green Gram)
Sow in July, harvest around September
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹12,000–₹18,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹2,000 to a profit of ₹4,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 2 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Not known: No soil data
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 280 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 210 mm it can use in a normal year, and 160 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 21–36 °C on average, and survives 8–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jul 36 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 35 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 35 °C / 25 °C
Soil
Likes pH 6.2–7.5. We have no pH figures for this place.
Money
Yield: about 2.6 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
On rain alone it gets about 76% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 76% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹7,525 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹8,000 a quintal, the middle of 164 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹2,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹8,780 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹5,150 2022
- ₹5,980 2023
- ₹7,230 2024
Prices are usually best in October.
Typical costs are about ₹14,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.