Garlic

A winter crop. Sow in Oct–Nov, harvest in Mar–Apr.

Check it on your land
Season
Rabi
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94% of its area.
Ready in
140 days
about 4½ months
Water
390–470 mm
over its season
Temperature
18–30 °C
0° survives 7–35 °C 40°

When to sow and harvest

Rabi 94% of its area
Today: rabi sowing time
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Sow Growing Harvest
The year starts in June, with the monsoon. Your district can shift a few weeks.

Will it grow on your land?

Water
Season

Pick your place and water to see:

  • Whether Garlic 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

18–30 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 7–35 °C.

Water

390–470 mm over its season

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

Mainpuri Etah Firozabad Etawah Angul

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 5 to 8.5.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Needs rich soil
  • K Needs plenty of potassium and sulphur
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
February, ₹7,750
Lowest
April, ₹5,825
₹7,750
₹5,825
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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
3,32,578 ha
2019-20
Average yield
8.2 t/ha
2019-20
Most area
Neemuch
Madhya Pradesh
Best yield
Sagar
16.2 t/ha

States that grow it

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

  1. Madhya Pradesh 22.6 lakh t
  2. Rajasthan 6.6 lakh t
  3. Uttar Pradesh 2.9 lakh t
  4. Gujarat 1.3 lakh t
  5. Assam 1.1 lakh t
  6. Punjab 1.0 lakh t
  7. West Bengal 48,208 t
  8. Odisha 46,546 t
  9. Haryana 40,400 t
  10. Maharashtra 36,027 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. Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh 26,120 ha
  2. Baran, Rajasthan 26,066 ha
  3. Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh 25,849 ha
  4. Jhalawar, Rajasthan 20,366 ha
  5. Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh 18,828 ha
  6. Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh 15,849 ha
  7. Kota, Rajasthan 15,482 ha
  8. Indore, Madhya Pradesh 11,809 ha
  9. Dhar, Madhya Pradesh 10,352 ha
  10. Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh 7,953 ha

Garlic yield

  1. 0.3–3.2 t/ha
  2. 3.2–6.1 t/ha
  3. 6.1–6.7 t/ha
  4. 6.8–10.3 t/ha
  5. 10.3–16.2 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). 2004-05 to 2019-20.

Where yields are highest

  1. Sagar, Madhya Pradesh 16.2 t/ha
  2. Jodhpur, Rajasthan 14.7 t/ha
  3. Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 14.7 t/ha
  4. Satna, Madhya Pradesh 13.8 t/ha
  5. Panipat, Haryana 13.6 t/ha
  6. Jind, Haryana 13.5 t/ha
  7. Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh 13.2 t/ha
  8. Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh 13.0 t/ha
  9. Guna, Madhya Pradesh 13.0 t/ha
  10. Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh 13.0 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). 2004-05 to 2019-20.

Across India over the years

Yield (t/ha)

0.0 4.2 8.4
2004-05 2019-20
Latest 8.2 t/ha in 2019-20

Area (ha)

0.0 187K 373K
2004-05 2019-20
Latest 3,32,578 ha in 2019-20

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). 2004-05 to 2019-20.

Soil and yield

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

Garlic yields tend to be higher in districts with

  • More soil that is neutral moderate 161 districts
  • More soil that is alkaline weak 161 districts
  • More soil medium in phosphorus weak 161 districts

Garlic yields tend to be lower in districts with

  • More soil that is acidic moderate 161 districts
  • More soil low in potassium weak 161 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).