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 14 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
- Not known: No soil score
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 420 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 50 mm it can use in a normal year, and 30 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 21 °C / 8 °C
- Jan 18 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 22 °C / 10 °C
- Mar 28 °C / 14 °C
- Apr 34 °C / 19 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
No soil score here: the soil tests don't say enough about nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
Money
Yield: about 96 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 ₹1,300 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹4,300 a quintal, the middle of 7 mandis in your district (latest 13 Nov).
- ₹2,000 2021
- ₹1,580 2022
- ₹1,650 2023
- ₹2,630 2024
- ₹1,600 2025
Prices are usually best in October.
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.