Tur (Arhar)
Sow in June, harvest around December
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 6.2 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹15,000–₹22,000
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹4,000 to a profit of ₹3,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 10/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 490 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 770 mm it can use in a normal year, and 610 mm in a dry year.
Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.
Temperature
Grows best at 18–38 °C on average, and survives 10–45 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 26 °C / 19 °C
- Jul 24 °C / 19 °C
- Aug 24 °C / 19 °C
- Sep 25 °C / 19 °C
- Oct 26 °C / 19 °C
- Nov 26 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 26 °C / 16 °C
Soil
Soil for Tur (Arhar): 10 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 2.8 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹6,635 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹9,666 a quintal, the middle of 20 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹8,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹8,450 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹5,470 2021
- ₹5,500 2022
- ₹9,110 2023
- ₹9,710 2024
- ₹6,270 2025
Prices are usually best in November.
Typical costs are about ₹19,000 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 4.8 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.