Chillies (Dry)
Sow in November, harvest around April
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. Priced from mandis across India.
₹1.5 lakh–₹2.3 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹48,000–₹1.2 lakh 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 420 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 310 mm it can use in a normal year (230 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 17–30 °C on average, and survives 8–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Nov 25 °C / 15 °C
- Dec 21 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 20 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 22 °C / 12 °C
- Mar 25 °C / 16 °C
- Apr 27 °C / 19 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Chillies (Dry): 9 out of 10 (good).
- Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of manganese.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 14 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (April–May 2026): about ₹13,781 a quintal across India's mandis.
- ₹10,650 2021
- ₹14,980 2022
- ₹16,750 2023
- ₹12,910 2024
- ₹12,120 2025
Prices are usually best in November.
Typical costs are about ₹1.0 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 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.
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Short of manganese Your soil is likely short of manganese.
Spray manganese sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, on the young crop.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.