Beans (Vegetable)
Sow in October, harvest around January
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Sold at 2 mandis in your district.
₹1.9 lakh–₹2.9 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹68,000–₹1.6 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Frost risk in January
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 210 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 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 16–25 °C on average, and survives 7–32 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 31 °C / 18 °C
- Nov 27 °C / 12 °C
- Dec 22 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 20 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Nights in January can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
Soil
Soil for Beans (Vegetable): 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 66 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 2026): about ₹3,650 a quintal at mandis in your district.
Prices are usually best in January.
Typical costs are about ₹1.3 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.