Papaya

Water

Rain falls about 6 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,060 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 810 mm it can use in a normal year, and 750 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 28 °C / 21 °C
• Jul 28 °C / 21 °C
• Aug 28 °C / 21 °C
• Sep 27 °C / 20 °C
• Oct 27 °C / 17 °C
• Nov 24 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 20 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 19 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 21 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 23 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 25 °C / 17 °C
• May 27 °C / 19 °C
• Jun 28 °C / 21 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

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

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

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

On rain alone it gets about 76% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 76% of this yield.

Mandi price through the year (December 2025–November 2026): about ₹2,650 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹3,250 a quintal, the middle of 135 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹1.5 lakh a year after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in September.

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.