Rice
Sow in November, harvest around March
Sowing time is now.
Grown on 16 acres here. Sold at 3 mandis in your district.
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 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,010 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 180 mm it can use in a normal year (130 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 170 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 15–36 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Nov 26 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 26 °C / 16 °C
- Jan 27 °C / 16 °C
- Feb 29 °C / 17 °C
- Mar 31 °C / 19 °C
Soil
Soil for Rice: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 16 quintals of paddy an acre here (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 last season's harvest (March–April 2026): about ₹2,300 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹3,294 a quintal, the middle of 44 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov).
Minimum support price: ₹2,441 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
Prices are usually best in December.
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 14 quintals of paddy an acre. That's a realistic target.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 88%
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 14%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 7%