Onion
Sow in December, harvest around April
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Sold at 9 mandis in your district.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 430 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 110 mm it can use in a normal year, and 70 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 12–25 °C on average, and survives 4–33 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Dec 26 °C / 15 °C
- Jan 24 °C / 12 °C
- Feb 26 °C / 15 °C
- Mar 30 °C / 19 °C
- Apr 31 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Onion: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: sulphur.
- Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
- Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 76 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (April–May 2026): about ₹2,000 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹4,900 a quintal, the middle of 3 mandis in your district (latest 12 Nov).
- ₹2,900 2021
- ₹2,100 2022
- ₹2,150 2023
- ₹3,250 2024
- ₹2,150 2025
Prices are usually best in November.
Typical costs are about ₹42,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.
Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.