Tobacco
Sow in June, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
₹18,000–₹27,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹6,000 to a profit of ₹3,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 450 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 520 mm it can use in a normal year, and 410 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 15–30 °C on average, and survives 7–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 36 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 32 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 21 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Tobacco: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 5.0–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 8.5 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,609 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹2,300 a quintal, the middle of 7 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹4,000 a season at typical costs.
- ₹4,650 2021
- ₹4,490 2022
- ₹4,570 2023
- ₹5,130 2025
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹23,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.