Rice
Sow in June, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 4.5 lakh acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,170 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 300 mm it can use in a normal year, and 260 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 15–36 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 40 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 36 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 34 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 34 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 33 °C / 18 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Rice: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- Soil here is often more alkaline than it likes.
- Salt in the soil here can harm it.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 30 quintals of paddy an acre here in this season (district figures).
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 this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,461 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹2,461 a quintal, the middle of 2 mandis in your district (latest 12 Nov).
Minimum support price: ₹2,441 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
Prices are usually best in October.
Typical costs are about ₹29,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 26 quintals of paddy an acre. That's a realistic target.
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.