Brinjal
Sow in June, harvest around November
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Sold at 5 mandis in your district.
₹2.7 lakh–₹4.1 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1.9 lakh–₹3.2 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- 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 610 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 550 mm it can use in a normal year, and 380 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 32 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 35 °C / 22 °C
- Nov 33 °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.
Likes pH 5.5–6.8.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 81 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 ₹4,200 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹1,300 2021
- ₹900 2022
- ₹1,200 2023
- ₹1,200 2024
- ₹2,000 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹85,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), 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.