Pear

Planted once, harvested year after year.

Check it on your land
Season
Whole year
100% of its area.
Water
1,270–1,390 mm
over its season
Temperature
20–35 °C
0° survives 10–37 °C 40°

When to sow and harvest

Planted once at the start of the monsoon. It stays for years and gives a harvest every year.

Will it grow on your land?

Water
Season

Pick a place and water to see if it suits your land, and what it earns.

What it needs

Temperature

20–35 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 10–37 °C. Frost hurts it.

Water

1,270–1,390 mm over its season
Dindigul Salem The Nilgiris Madurai

Worked out where most of it grows. Rain and irrigation together.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes slightly acidic soil. Grows from pH 4.5 to 8.3.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Ordinary farm soil is fine
  • K Needs plenty of potassium, zinc and boron
How the soil score works

Source: FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°).

Fertiliser for one acre

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra for the dose.

Watch out for

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to watch for.

Mandi price, month by month

Best month
March, ₹9,725
Lowest
July, ₹3,000
₹9,725
₹3,000
J F M A M J J A S O N D

Rupees a quintal, typical across India's mandis.

Source: Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).

Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
1,380 ha
2003-04
Average yield
0.0 t/ha
2003-04

States that grow it

Latest state figures for fruits, vegetables, spices and plantation crops.

  1. Punjab 1,47,110 t (2025-26)
  2. Jammu And Kashmir 87,209 t (2025-26)
  3. Uttarakhand 18,033 t (2025-26)
  4. Himachal Pradesh 17,136 t (2025-26)
  5. Chhattisgarh 10,774 t (2025-26)
  6. Tamil Nadu 9,180 t (2025-26)
  7. Sikkim 3,817 t (2025-26)
  8. Madhya Pradesh 3,689 t (2025-26)
  9. Haryana 2,455 t (2025-26)
  10. Nagaland 2,401 t (2025-26)

Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).

Districts with the most area (recent figures)

The map colours each district by yield, for districts growing it on at least 100 ha.

No recent district figures for this crop.

Across India over the years

Yield (t/ha)

0.0 0.5 1.0
2002-03 2003-04
Latest 0.0 t/ha in 2003-04

Area (ha)

1,296 1,338 1,380
2002-03 2003-04
Latest 1,380 ha in 2003-04

Only years in which most of the usual districts reported are shown.

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2002-03 & 2003-04.