Soil
What soil tests across the district found, nutrient by nutrient.
No data yet for this district.
Climate
Rain and temperature through the year, from 24 years of weather records.
Rain
About 2,220 mm of rain a year
In a normal year. A dry year brings about 1,830 mm.
Temperature
Hottest in May: days about 36 °C, nights 27 °C
Coolest in January: days about 30 °C, nights 14 °C.
Typical of the district's villages; a farm much higher or lower can be a few degrees cooler or warmer.
Source: 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.
Crops that suit Daman
Judged on the soil, rain and temperature here, whether or not they're grown here now. Best bets first: what each could earn an acre before costs, with risky crops moved down.
Kharif 0 good fits
No crop fits well in this season here.
Possible with effort: Green Peas Cabbage Carrot
Rabi 0 good fits
No crop fits well in this season here.
Possible with effort: Radish Moong (Green Gram) Beetroot
Whole year 0 good fits
Sowing Growing
Money a season, before costs. Bar: compared with the best crop here.
What grows here
Each crop's share of the district's farmland in recent years, with its yield. Tap a crop to see it across India.
Yield against other districts
Rice
Yield is better than 12% of districts growing it.
Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2018-19 to 2023-24.
Compared with similar soil
What this district harvests, next to districts whose soil tests look alike.
No data yet for this district.
Who farms here
- Farms 2016-17
- 5,883
- Average farm size 2016-17
- 0.9 acres
- Young farmers (18–30) 2016-17
- 0%
- Farmers with secondary school or more 2016-17
- 65%
- Farmland that is irrigated 2016-17
- 5%
- Farmers who took a bank or co-op loan 2016-17
- 6%
- Farmers who had their soil tested 2016-17
- 0%
- Farmers using certified seed 2016-17
- 69%
Source: Agricultural Input Survey (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2016-17.
Districts with similar soil
Places whose soil tests look most like this district's, and what they grow.
No data yet for this district.
Blocks in this district
Open a block for its soil report and the villages in it.
No block-level soil records for this district yet.