Rice
Sow in June, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 2.8 lakh acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹27,000–₹41,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹2,000 to a profit of ₹12,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 3 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,030 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 900 mm it can use in a normal year, and 820 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 39 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 32 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 30 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 22 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Rice: 7 out of 10 (okay).
Not in the score: sulphur.
- 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.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 19 quintals of paddy an acre here in this season (district figures).
On rain alone it gets about 87% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 87% of this yield.
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,000 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹2,000 a quintal, the middle of 77 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹5,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹2,441 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹1,420 2021
- ₹1,460 2022
- ₹1,710 2023
- ₹2,000 2024
- ₹2,020 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 15 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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.