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.
₹41,000–₹61,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹14,000–₹35,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Very hot in June
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 440 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 470 mm it can use in a normal year, and 370 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 40 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 33 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 24 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Days in June get hotter than it likes. Time sowing so it flowers before then.
Soil
Soil for Okra (Bhindi): 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen, sulphur and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
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).
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.