Okra (Bhindi)
Sow in June, 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.
₹36,000–₹54,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹9,000–₹28,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 1 irrigation short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
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 410 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 360 mm it can use in a normal year, and 270 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 12–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 32 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 23 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Okra (Bhindi): 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 22 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
On rain alone it gets about 89% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 89% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹2,363 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹2,450 2021
- ₹2,300 2022
- ₹2,700 2023
- ₹2,560 2024
- ₹2,900 2025
Prices are usually best in January.
Typical costs are about ₹27,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.