Arecanut

Planted once, harvested year after year.

Check it on your land
Season
Whole year
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100% of its area.
Water
1,590–1,680 mm
over its season
Temperature
16–33 °C
0° survives 7–39 °C 40°

When to sow and harvest

Planted once at the start of the monsoon. It stays for years and gives a harvest every year.

Will it grow on your land?

Water
Season

Pick your place and water to see:

  • Whether Arecanut suits your land Good fit, possible or won't work, with the reasons.
  • What it could earn an acre From yields near you and mandi prices.
  • Water and fertiliser it needs Irrigations for your water, and bags for one acre.

What it needs

Temperature

16–33 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 7–39 °C.

Water

1,590–1,680 mm over its season

Rain and irrigation together, worked out where most of it grows:

Shivamogga Dakshina Kannada Chikkamagaluru Davanagere Tumakuru

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes slightly acidic soil. Grows from pH 4.5 to 6.8.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Needs rich soil
  • K Needs plenty of potassium
How the soil score works

Source: FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°).

Fertiliser for one acre

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra for the dose.

Watch out for

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to watch for.

Mandi price, month by month

Best month
August, ₹37,750
Lowest
May, ₹33,257
₹33,257
₹37,750
J F M A M J J A S O N D

Rupees a quintal, typical across India's mandis.

Source: Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).

Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
8,91,277 ha
2022-23
Average yield
6.0 t/ha
2022-23
Most area
Shivamogga
Karnataka
Best yield
Uttara Kannada
14.0 t/ha

States that grow it

Production in each state's latest year with figures (2025-26).

  1. Karnataka 11.3 lakh t
  2. Kerala 88,430 t
  3. Meghalaya 87,256 t
  4. Assam 57,653 t
  5. Mizoram 33,540 t
  6. Tamil Nadu 29,557 t
  7. Tripura 24,930 t
  8. West Bengal 24,760 t
  9. Andhra Pradesh 18,271 t
  10. Andaman And Nicobar Islands 14,570 t

Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).

Districts with the most area (recent figures)

The map colours each district by yield, for districts growing it on at least 100 ha.

  1. Shivamogga, Karnataka 1,03,381 ha
  2. Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka 96,403 ha
  3. Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka 71,113 ha
  4. Davanagere, Karnataka 70,844 ha
  5. Tumakuru, Karnataka 66,074 ha
  6. Chitradurga, Karnataka 39,961 ha
  7. Uttara Kannada, Karnataka 31,884 ha
  8. Udupi, Karnataka 22,681 ha
  9. Kasaragod, Kerala 20,379 ha
  10. Kodagu, Karnataka 19,512 ha

Arecanut yield

  1. 0.2–0.6 t/ha
  2. 0.6–0.8 t/ha
  3. 0.8–1.6 t/ha
  4. 1.6–9.2 t/ha
  5. 9.3–14.0 t/ha
No data

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2003-04 to 2022-23.

Where yields are highest

  1. Uttara Kannada, Karnataka 14.0 t/ha
  2. Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka 11.1 t/ha
  3. Ballari, Karnataka 10.5 t/ha
  4. Udupi, Karnataka 10.5 t/ha
  5. Bengaluru Rural, Karnataka 10.3 t/ha
  6. Chitradurga, Karnataka 10.1 t/ha
  7. Haveri, Karnataka 10.0 t/ha
  8. Dharwad, Karnataka 10.0 t/ha
  9. Sri Sathya Sai, Andhra Pradesh 9.9 t/ha
  10. Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka 9.9 t/ha

Only districts growing it on at least 100 ha.

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2003-04 to 2022-23.

Across India over the years

Yield (t/ha)

0.0 4.4 8.9
2003-04 2022-23
Latest 6.0 t/ha in 2022-23

Area (ha)

0.0 446K 891K
2003-04 2022-23
Latest 8,91,277 ha in 2022-23

Only years in which most of the usual districts reported are shown.

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2003-04 to 2022-23.

Soil and yield

How district soil tests line up with this crop's yields across India.

Arecanut yields tend to be higher in districts with

  • More soil short of iron strong 97 districts
  • More soil short of zinc moderate 97 districts
  • More soil that is alkaline moderate 97 districts
  • More soil that is salty weak 97 districts
  • More soil that is neutral weak 97 districts

Arecanut yields tend to be lower in districts with

  • More soil that is acidic moderate 97 districts

A pattern is not proof that soil causes the difference.

Source: Soil Health Card – soil nutrient analysis (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).