Rice
Sow in September, harvest around January
This season's sowing time (September–October) is over.
Grown on 730 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹28,000–₹42,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹973 to a profit of ₹13,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 5 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 5 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 930 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 720 mm it can use in a normal year, and 560 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):
- Sep 26 °C / 19 °C
- Oct 26 °C / 19 °C
- Nov 26 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 26 °C / 17 °C
- Jan 26 °C / 17 °C
Soil
Soil for Rice: 7 out of 10 (okay).
Not in the score: organic carbon and pH.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of zinc, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0. We have no pH figures for this place.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 16 quintals of paddy an acre here in this season (district figures).
On rain alone it gets about 77% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 77% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹2,860 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹2,461 a quintal, the middle of 687 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹1,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹2,441 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹1,930 2021
- ₹1,930 2022
- ₹2,080 2023
- ₹2,270 2024
- ₹2,420 2025
Prices are usually best in January.
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 16 quintals of paddy an acre. That's a realistic target.
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
About 41% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 41%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 34%
- Nitro Phosphate 21%
- NPK Mixture 9%