Your plan for Lalitpur

Water

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

Needs about 140 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 12–26 °C on average, and survives 10–37 °C.

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

• Nov 30 °C / 14 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 10 °C

Soil

Soil for Radish: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 110 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 ₹796 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in April.

Typical costs are about ₹49,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 280 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–29 °C on average, and survives 7–35 °C.

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

• Oct 34 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 14 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 10 °C
• Jan 24 °C / 9 °C

Soil

Soil for Gram (Chana): 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
• Many fields here are short of phosphorus, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 6.0–8.5.

Money

Yield: about 5.8 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

On rain alone it gets about 53% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 53% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February 2026): about ₹5,450 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Minimum support price: ₹5,958 a quintal (2027-28), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in April.

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.

Water

Rain falls about 4 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 320 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–29 °C on average, and survives 5–32 °C.

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

• Oct 34 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 14 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 10 °C
• Jan 24 °C / 9 °C

Soil

Soil for Lentil (Masoor): 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
• Many fields here are short of phosphorus, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 4.4 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

On rain alone it gets about 48% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 48% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February 2026): about ₹6,447 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Minimum support price: ₹7,390 a quintal (2027-28), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in December.

Typical costs are about ₹16,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 1 irrigation (5 cm) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 200 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 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):

• Nov 30 °C / 14 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 24 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Urad (Black Gram): 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
• Many fields here are short of phosphorus, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 5.5–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 1.8 quintals an acre here in its other seasons (district figures).

On rain alone it gets about 75% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 75% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February 2026): about ₹7,400 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Minimum support price: ₹8,200 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in February.

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.

Water

Rain falls about 1 irrigation (5 cm) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 170 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 21–36 °C on average, and survives 8–40 °C.

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

• Nov 30 °C / 14 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 24 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Moong (Green Gram): 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
• Many fields here are short of phosphorus, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 6.2–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 1.9 quintals an acre here in its other seasons (district figures).

On rain alone it gets about 86% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 86% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February 2026): about ₹6,200 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Minimum support price: ₹8,780 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in July.

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.

Water

Rain falls about 6 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 400 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–25 °C on average, and survives 5–27 °C.

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

• Nov 30 °C / 14 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 10 °C
• Jan 24 °C / 9 °C
• Feb 28 °C / 12 °C
• Mar 34 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Days in March get hotter than it likes. Time sowing so it flowers before then.

Soil

Soil for Wheat: 7 out of 10 (okay).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 6.0–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 14 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (March–April 2026): about ₹2,294 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Minimum support price: ₹2,610 a quintal (2027-28), if you sell to government procurement.

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.

Water

Rain falls about 4 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 330 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 10–24 °C on average, and survives 4–30 °C.

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

• Oct 34 °C / 20 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 30 °C / 14 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 10 °C
• Jan 24 °C / 9 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Peas & Beans (Dry): 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
• Many fields here are short of phosphorus, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 6.6 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹3,948 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in March.

Typical costs are about ₹15,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 4 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 320 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–28 °C on average, and survives 7–40 °C.

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

• Oct 34 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 14 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 10 °C
• Jan 24 °C / 9 °C
• Feb 28 °C / 12 °C

Soil

Soil for Rapeseed & Mustard: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.

Likes pH 6.0–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 3.9 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹6,585 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Minimum support price: ₹6,613 a quintal (2027-28), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹20,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 5 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 380 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–20 °C on average, and survives 2–40 °C.

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

• Nov 30 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 26 °C / 10 °C
• Jan 24 °C / 9 °C
• Feb 28 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 34 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Barley: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 6.5–8.5.

Money

Yield: about 9.7 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (March–April 2026): about ₹2,061 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Minimum support price: ₹2,286 a quintal (2027-28), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹18,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 4 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 330 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–25 °C on average, and survives 7–30 °C.

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

• Nov 30 °C / 14 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 10 °C
• Jan 24 °C / 9 °C
• Feb 28 °C / 12 °C

Soil

Soil for Potato: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

Likes pH 5.0–6.2.

Money

Yield: about 107 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹739 a quintal at mandis in your district.

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 ₹64,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 4 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 300 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–25 °C on average, and survives 4–32 °C.

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

• Nov 30 °C / 14 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 10 °C
• Jan 24 °C / 9 °C
• Feb 28 °C / 12 °C

Soil

Soil for Coriander: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.

Likes pH 5.5–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 3.1 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹8,875 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹18,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.