Papaya

Water

Rain falls about 10 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,340 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 860 mm it can use in a normal year, and 770 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 21–30 °C on average, and survives 12–44 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 31 °C / 24 °C
• Jul 30 °C / 24 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 31 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 31 °C / 24 °C
• Dec 32 °C / 23 °C
• Jan 32 °C / 23 °C
• Feb 33 °C / 24 °C
• Mar 34 °C / 26 °C
• Apr 34 °C / 26 °C
• May 33 °C / 26 °C
• Jun 31 °C / 24 °C

Soil

Soil for Papaya: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 156 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price through the year (December 2025–February 2026, April–July 2026): about ₹2,600 a quintal at mandis in your district.

This week: about ₹4,500 a quintal, the middle of 6 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹4.7 lakh a year after typical costs.

Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.

Prices are usually best in April.

Typical costs are about ₹2.3 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.