Urad (Black Gram)
Sow in October, harvest around January
Still sowing time: sow by the end of December.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹22,000–₹34,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹8,000–₹20,000 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, even in a dry year.
Needs about 240 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 140 mm it can use in a normal year (100 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 22–35 °C on average, and survives 8–40 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 31 °C / 24 °C
- Nov 31 °C / 24 °C
- Dec 32 °C / 22 °C
Soil
Soil for Urad (Black Gram): 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
Likes pH 5.5–6.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 2.6 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 ₹10,850 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹12,800 a quintal, the middle of 3 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹19,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹8,200 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹10,100 2021
- ₹10,500 2022
- ₹11,430 2023
- ₹12,900 2024
- ₹10,850 2025
Prices are usually best in October.
Typical costs are about ₹14,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.