Your plan for Balangir

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 520 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 780 mm it can use in a normal year, and 720 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 17–30 °C on average, and survives 8–35 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 23 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Capsicum: 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 boron.

Likes pH 5.5–6.8.

Money

Yield: about 57 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 (December 2025): about ₹8,000 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in February.

Typical costs are about ₹1.2 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 910 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 890 mm it can use in a normal year, and 770 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 19–29 °C on average, and survives 13–35 °C.

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

• May 42 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 17 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 14 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

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

Soil

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

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 57 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February 2026): about ₹5,000 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.

Prices are usually best in September.

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.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 560 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 780 mm it can use in a normal year, and 720 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–35 °C on average, and survives 9–40 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C
• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 17 °C

Soil

Soil for Brinjal: 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 boron.

Likes pH 5.5–6.8.

Money

Yield: about 68 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 (December 2025): about ₹2,700 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹71,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 380 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 710 mm it can use in a normal year, and 630 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 12–35 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Okra (Bhindi): 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 boron.

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 41 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 (September–October 2026): about ₹3,800 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in February.

Typical costs are about ₹51,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 560 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 780 mm it can use in a normal year, and 720 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 17–30 °C on average, and survives 8–35 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 17 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Green Chillies: 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 boron.

Likes pH 5.5–6.8.

Money

Yield: about 45 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹4,000 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in July.

Typical costs are about ₹77,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 250 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 550 mm it can use in a normal year, and 490 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 18–32 °C on average, and survives 6–38 °C.

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

• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C

Soil

Soil for Cucumber: 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 boron.

Likes pH 6.0–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 55 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 (September–October 2026): about ₹2,800 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in January.

Typical costs are about ₹61,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 380 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 750 mm it can use in a normal year, and 690 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 22–30 °C on average, and survives 15–38 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Bitter Gourd: 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 boron.

Likes pH 6.0–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 40 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹3,400 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in February.

Typical costs are about ₹66,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 490 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 720 mm it can use in a normal year, and 590 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–37 °C on average, and survives 13–45 °C.

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

• May 42 °C / 28 °C
• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C
• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C

Soil

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

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

Likes pH 6.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 7.7 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 (September–October 2026): about ₹12,950 a quintal across India's mandis.

Minimum support price: ₹5,925 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in June.

Typical costs are about ₹40,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 380 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 750 mm it can use in a normal year, and 690 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 10–40 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Pumpkin: 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 boron.

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 87 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹1,400 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in January.

Typical costs are about ₹74,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 430 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 630 mm it can use in a normal year, and 540 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 18–28 °C on average, and survives 10–38 °C.

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

• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 17 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Sweet 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 boron.

Likes pH 5.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 40 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹1,900 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in September.

Typical costs are about ₹55,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 400 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 710 mm it can use in a normal year, and 630 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 10–25 °C on average, and survives 5–30 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

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

Soil

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

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

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 64 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 (September–October 2026): about ₹6,700 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹1.0 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 620 mm it can use in a normal year, and 530 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–24 °C on average, and survives 7–32 °C.

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

• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 32 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

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

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

Likes pH 6.0–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 111 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹3,300 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹1.2 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 520 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 770 mm it can use in a normal year, and 710 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–27 °C on average, and survives 7–35 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 32 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Tomato: 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 boron.

Likes pH 5.5–6.8.

Money

Yield: about 62 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹3,000 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 October.

Typical costs are about ₹81,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 170 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 420 mm it can use in a normal year, and 320 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

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

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

• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

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.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 42 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 (September–October 2026): about ₹2,900 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹41,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 380 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 750 mm it can use in a normal year, and 690 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 19–27 °C on average, and survives 12–38 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Bottle Gourd: 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 boron.

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 56 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,100 a quintal across mandis in your state.

Prices are usually best in August.

Typical costs are about ₹45,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 270 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 570 mm it can use in a normal year, and 510 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 16–25 °C on average, and survives 7–32 °C.

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

• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Beans (Vegetable): 9 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 21 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹5,000 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in June.

Typical costs are about ₹55,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 470 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 630 mm it can use in a normal year, and 540 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 12–25 °C on average, and survives 4–33 °C.

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

• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 32 °C / 23 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 30 °C / 17 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Onion: 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 boron.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 45 quintals an acre here in its other seasons (district figures).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹2,500 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in September.

Typical costs are about ₹1.0 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 330 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 710 mm it can use in a normal year, and 630 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 18–26 °C on average, and survives 11–34 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Niger Seed: 8 out of 10 (good).

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

Likes pH 5.5–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 1.4 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹10,750 a quintal across India's mandis.

Minimum support price: ₹10,052 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in August.

Typical costs are about ₹8,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

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

Needs about 1,040 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 900 mm it can use in a normal year, and 830 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–30 °C on average, and survives 15–36 °C.

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

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 23 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

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

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

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 12 quintals of paddy an acre here in this season (district figures).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹2,461 a quintal across India's mandis.

Minimum support price: ₹2,441 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹29,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 350 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 630 mm it can use in a normal year, and 540 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–28 °C on average, and survives 17–35 °C.

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

• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 23 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Horse Gram (Kulthi): 9 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 1.5 quintals an acre here in its other seasons (district figures).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹3,935 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹8,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.