Rice
Sow in June, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 39,737 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹17,000–₹26,000
per acre a season, before costs
Likely a loss at typical costs: ₹3,000–₹12,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 7 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 7 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,070 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 740 mm it can use in a normal year, and 620 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 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 34 °C / 21 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Rice: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- 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 boron.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 8.8 quintals of paddy an acre here in this season (district figures).
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,433 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹2,505 a quintal, the middle of 11 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹7,000 a season at typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹2,441 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹1,500 2021
- ₹1,670 2022
- ₹1,890 2023
- ₹2,210 2024
- ₹2,000 2025
Prices are usually best in November.
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 13 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 45% of local fields of this crop get it.
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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.
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 45%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 12%
- Zinc Sulphate Heptahydrate / Monohydrate 4%
- Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) 1%