Ragi (Finger Millet)
Sow in June, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–August) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
₹13,000–₹20,000
per acre a season, before costs
Likely a loss at typical costs: ₹1,000–₹8,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 2 irrigations short
- Needs care: Very hot in June
- Not known: No soil data
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 420 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 320 mm it can use in a normal year, and 220 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 18–30 °C on average, and survives 8–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 40 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 36 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 35 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 35 °C / 25 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Days in June get hotter than it likes. Time sowing so it flowers before then.
Soil
Likes pH 6.0–7.0. We have no pH figures for this place.
Money
Yield: about 6.1 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
On rain alone it gets about 78% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 78% of this yield.
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹3,500 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹3,500 a quintal, the middle of 42 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹5,000 a season at typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹5,205 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹2,260 2021
- ₹2,280 2022
- ₹2,800 2023
- ₹3,300 2024
- ₹3,530 2025
Prices are usually best in January.
Typical costs are about ₹21,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.