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. Sold at 4 mandis in your district.
₹1.1 lakh–₹1.7 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹28,000–₹84,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 700 mm it can use in a normal year, and 580 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 12–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 31 °C / 21 °C
- Jul 28 °C / 21 °C
- Aug 27 °C / 20 °C
- Sep 27 °C / 19 °C
Soil
Soil for Okra (Bhindi): 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: organic carbon, sulphur, manganese and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 68 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹2,050 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹2,600 2021
- ₹2,000 2022
- ₹2,500 2024
- ₹4,150 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹85,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.