Turmeric

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 820 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 840 mm it can use in a normal year, and 760 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–28 °C on average, and survives 18–32 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• May 33 °C / 21 °C
• Jun 28 °C / 21 °C
• Jul 25 °C / 20 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 20 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C
• Oct 28 °C / 19 °C
• Nov 29 °C / 17 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 15 °C

Soil

Soil for Turmeric: 9 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 14 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹14,913 a quintal across mandis in your state.

This week: about ₹22,100 a quintal, the middle of 7 mandis in your state (latest 12 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹1.7 lakh a season after typical costs.

Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹1.4 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.