Grapes
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹2.1 lakh–₹3.1 lakh
per acre a year, before costs
once bearing, from about year 2
After typical costs: ₹1.4 lakh–₹2.4 lakh an acre a year
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
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 530 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 570 mm it can use in a normal year, and 400 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 18–30 °C on average, and survives 10–38 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 27 °C / 16 °C
- Jul 28 °C / 17 °C
- Aug 28 °C / 17 °C
- Sep 25 °C / 13 °C
- Oct 21 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- Nov 15 °C / 3 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 10 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 6 °C / -3 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 8 °C / -1 °C (outside its best range)
- Mar 14 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
- Apr 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
- May 23 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 27 °C / 16 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Grapes: 9 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of iron.
- Most fields here are short of manganese.
Likes pH 5.5–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 21 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 2 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–April 2026): about ₹12,375 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹7,430 2022
- ₹6,630 2023
- ₹7,500 2024
- ₹12,880 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 ₹68,000 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 iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
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.