Varagu (Kodo Millet)

A monsoon crop. Sow in Jun–Jul, harvest in Oct–Nov.

Check it on your land
Season
Kharif
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Sowing Growing Harvest

92% of its area.
Ready in
110 days
about 3½ months
Grows best at
25–27 °C
0 °C survives 5–33 °C 40 °C

When to sow and harvest

Kharif 92% of its area
Today: kharif harvest
J J A S O N D J F M A M
Sow Growing Harvest
The year starts in June, with the monsoon. Your district can shift a few weeks.

Sowing Growing Harvest

Will it grow on your land?

Lunglei Mizoram
Water
Season

Possible in Lunglei, with effort

Varagu (Kodo Millet)

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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.

No yield figures yet to estimate income

  • Suits: Rain is enough
  • Suits: Ideal temperatures
  • Needs care: Soil 5/10
Why, and how to make it work

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 320 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 930 mm it can use in a normal year, and 820 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 25–27 °C on average, and survives 5–33 °C.

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

  • Jun 28 °C / 22 °C
  • Jul 28 °C / 22 °C
  • Aug 28 °C / 22 °C
  • Sep 29 °C / 22 °C

Soil

Soil for Varagu (Kodo Millet): 5 out of 10 (poor).

Not in the score: salt, sulphur, zinc and 4 more.

  • Soil here is often more alkaline than it likes.
  • Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
  • Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
  • Most fields here are short of potassium.

Likes pH 4.8–6.0.

How the soil score works

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,358 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹2,266 a quintal, the middle of 13 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Average mandi price each year (₹ a quintal):
  1. ₹2,000 2021
  2. ₹2,240 2022
  3. ₹2,600 2023
  4. ₹3,000 2024
  5. ₹2,290 2025

Prices are usually best in August.

How to make it work

  • 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.

  • Short of phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.

    Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at sowing.

    Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

  • Short of potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.

    Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.

    Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.

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What it needs

Temperature

25–27 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 5–33 °C.

Water

The check above works out its water need on your land.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes slightly acidic soil. Grows from pH 4.3 to 8.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Needs rich soil
  • N Needs plenty of nitrogen and zinc
How the soil score works

Source: FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°); TerraClimate 1991–2020 temperature normals (about 4 km), where each district's villages are.

Fertiliser for one acre

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra for the dose.

Watch out for

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to watch for.

Mandi price, month by month

Best month
August, ₹2,652 a quintal
Lowest
December, ₹2,025 a quintal
₹2,652
₹2,025
J F M A M J J A S O N D

Rupees a quintal, typical across India's mandis: each month's latest price (Dec 2025–Nov 2026).

Latest prices near Lunglei Today's price across India

Source: Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).

Where it grows in India

Where it grows most

The districts with the most area in recent years. The map colours every district growing it on at least 100 ha by yield; the numbers mark these districts.

No recent district figures for this crop.