Niger Seed
Sow in October, harvest around January
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
₹8,000–₹12,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹653 to a profit of ₹3,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 1 irrigation short
- Needs care: Cool in November
- Not known: No soil data
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 1 irrigation (5 cm) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 200 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 50 mm it can use in a normal year (30 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 130 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 18–26 °C on average, and survives 11–34 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 26 °C / 17 °C
- Nov 23 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 20 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 20 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Likes pH 5.5–6.5. We have no pH figures for this place.
Money
Yield: about 1.3 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
On rain alone it gets about 88% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 88% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹8,763 a quintal across India's mandis.
Minimum support price: ₹10,052 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹5,600 2021
- ₹6,380 2022
- ₹8,000 2023
- ₹8,000 2024
- ₹8,130 2025
Prices are usually best in August.
Typical costs are about ₹8,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.