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 24 mandis in your district.
₹1.6 lakh–₹2.4 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹97,000–₹1.8 lakh 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 360 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 690 mm it can use in a normal year, and 480 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 30 °C / 23 °C
- Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 23 °C
- Sep 30 °C / 24 °C
Soil
Soil for Okra (Bhindi): 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 54 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 ₹3,800 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹3,480 2021
- ₹2,800 2022
- ₹3,700 2023
- ₹3,800 2024
- ₹3,650 2025
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹66,000 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 sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 13%
- Urea Ammonium Phosphate 11%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 8%
- Ammonium Phosphate Sulphate / Nitrogen Phosphate 4%