Groundnut

A monsoon crop. Sow in Jun–Jul, harvest in Oct–Nov.

Check it on your land
Season
Kharif
84% of its area.
Ready in
110 days
about 3½ months
Water
400–560 mm
over its season
Temperature
22–32 °C
0° survives 10–45 °C 40°

When to sow and harvest

Kharif 84% of its area
Today: kharif harvest
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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 a place and water to see if it suits your land, and what it earns.

What it needs

Temperature

22–32 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 10–45 °C. Frost hurts it.

Water

400–560 mm over its season
Ananthapuramu Bikaner Rajkot Junagadh Devbhumi Dwarka

Worked out where most of it grows. Rain and irrigation together.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes slightly acidic soil. Grows from pH 4.5 to 8.5.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Needs rich soil
  • N Makes its own nitrogen
  • S Needs plenty of sulphur and boron
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

Draft: check with your KVK
Urea nitrogen
4 kg half a bag of 45 kg
DAP phosphate
35 kg half a bag of 50 kg
MOP potash
27 kg half a bag of 50 kg

Gypsum 500 kg/ha at flowering, for calcium and sulphur

Give the DAP and MOP at sowing, and the urea in two or three doses. If your soil card says a nutrient is low, add about a quarter more of it.

Watch out for

Draft: check with your KVK
  • Tikka leaf spot
    Disease

    Look for Dark brown round spots on the leaves; leaves fall early.

    First Rotate crops; spray chlorothalonil or mancozeb when spots appear. Follow the label or your KVK for the dose.

  • Stem rot
    Disease

    Look for White mould at the stem base with small mustard-like seeds; the plant wilts.

    First Plough deep, apply gypsum and add Trichoderma to the soil.

  • Leaf miner
    Pest

    Look for Small brown blotches on leaves; leaves fold and dry.

    First Use light traps; spray when many leaves are folded. Follow the label or your KVK for the dose.

  • White grub
    Pest

    Look for Plants wilt and die; roots and pods eaten; C-shaped grubs in the soil.

    First Collect beetles after the first rains and plough deep; treat the soil as your KVK advises.

Mandi price, month by month

Best month
December, ₹5,814
Lowest
October, ₹5,031
₹5,031
₹5,814
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Rupees a quintal, typical across India's mandis.

Government minimum support price (MSP): ₹7,517 a quintal for 2026-27.

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

Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
57,00,184 ha
2024-25
Average yield
2.1 t/ha
2024-25
Most area
Ananthapuramu
Andhra Pradesh
Best yield
Cuddalore
5.7 t/ha

Districts with the most area (recent figures)

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

  1. Ananthapuramu, Andhra Pradesh 3,00,518 ha
  2. Bikaner, Rajasthan 2,66,337 ha
  3. Rajkot, Gujarat 2,58,744 ha
  4. Junagadh, Gujarat 2,21,563 ha
  5. Devbhumi Dwarka, Gujarat 2,13,267 ha
  6. Amreli, Gujarat 1,82,326 ha
  7. Jamnagar, Gujarat 1,79,454 ha
  8. Banas Kantha, Gujarat 1,70,717 ha
  9. Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh 1,40,662 ha
  10. Jodhpur, Rajasthan 1,38,975 ha

Groundnut yield

  1. 0.5–1.1 t/ha
  2. 1.1–1.5 t/ha
  3. 1.5–2.0 t/ha
  4. 2.0–2.3 t/ha
  5. 2.3–5.7 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). 2011-12 to 2024-25.

Where yields are highest

  1. Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu 5.7 t/ha
  2. Purba Medinipur, West Bengal 4.8 t/ha
  3. Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu 4.6 t/ha
  4. Guntur, Andhra Pradesh 4.6 t/ha
  5. Eluru, Andhra Pradesh 4.2 t/ha
  6. Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu 4.1 t/ha
  7. Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore, Andhra Pradesh 4.1 t/ha
  8. Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu 4.1 t/ha
  9. Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh 3.9 t/ha
  10. Bhadradri Kothagudem, Telangana 3.8 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). 2011-12 to 2024-25.

Across India over the years

Yield (t/ha)

0.0 1.1 2.2
2011-12 2024-25
Latest 2.1 t/ha in 2024-25

Area (ha)

4.7M 5.3M 6.0M
2011-12 2024-25
Latest 57,00,184 ha in 2024-25

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). 2011-12 to 2024-25.

Soil and yield

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

  • Districts with more soil medium in phosphorus tend to have lower groundnut yields (weak pattern, 396 districts).
  • Districts with more soil high in phosphorus tend to have higher groundnut yields (weak pattern, 396 districts).
  • Districts with more soil that is salty tend to have higher groundnut yields (weak pattern, 397 districts).
  • Districts with more soil high in potassium tend to have higher groundnut yields (weak pattern, 396 districts).
  • Districts with more soil medium in potassium tend to have lower groundnut yields (weak pattern, 396 districts).
  • Districts with more soil that is alkaline tend to have higher groundnut yields (weak pattern, 397 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).