Horse Gram (Kulthi)

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

Check it on your land
Season
Kharif
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53% of its area. Also grown in rabi.
Ready in
110 days
about 3½ months
Water
370–430 mm
over its season
Temperature
20–28 °C
0° survives 17–35 °C 40°

When to sow and harvest

Kharif 53% of its area
Rabi 47% of its area
Today: kharif harvest
J J A S O N D J F M A M
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 Horse Gram (Kulthi) 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

20–28 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 17–35 °C. Frost hurts it.

Water

370–430 mm over its season

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

Ananthapuramu Balangir Tumakuru Chittoor Mandya

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 5 to 8.

Soil

  • Takes a little salt
  • Ordinary farm soil is fine
  • N Makes its own nitrogen
  • P Needs plenty of phosphorus 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
August, ₹5,375
Lowest
February, ₹4,030
₹4,030
₹5,375
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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
2,77,830 ha
2022-23
Average yield
0.6 t/ha
2022-23
Most area
Mysuru
Karnataka
Best yield
Ranga Reddy
1.2 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. Mysuru, Karnataka 32,240 ha
  2. Chamarajanagar, Karnataka 27,060 ha
  3. Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh 26,533 ha
  4. Ananthapuramu, Andhra Pradesh 22,914 ha
  5. Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu 20,280 ha
  6. Mandya, Karnataka 19,342 ha
  7. Tumakuru, Karnataka 14,046 ha
  8. Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu 11,368 ha
  9. Haveri, Karnataka 8,518 ha
  10. Koppal, Karnataka 8,396 ha

Horse Gram (Kulthi) yield

  1. 0.2–0.4 t/ha
  2. 0.4–0.5 t/ha
  3. 0.5–0.6 t/ha
  4. 0.6–0.8 t/ha
  5. 0.8–1.2 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). 2005-06 to 2022-23.

Where yields are highest

  1. Ranga Reddy, Telangana 1.2 t/ha
  2. Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand 1.1 t/ha
  3. Champawat, Uttarakhand 1.1 t/ha
  4. Mahabubnagar, Telangana 1.1 t/ha
  5. Almora, Uttarakhand 1.1 t/ha
  6. Dehradun, Uttarakhand 1.1 t/ha
  7. Kamareddy, Telangana 1.0 t/ha
  8. Bageshwar, Uttarakhand 1.0 t/ha
  9. Nainital, Uttarakhand 1.0 t/ha
  10. Katihar, Bihar 0.9 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). 2005-06 to 2022-23.

Across India over the years

Yield (t/ha)

0.0 0.3 0.7
2005-06 2022-23
Latest 0.6 t/ha in 2022-23

Area (ha)

0.0 287K 574K
2005-06 2022-23
Latest 2,77,830 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). 2005-06 to 2022-23.

Soil and yield

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

Horse Gram (Kulthi) yields tend to be higher in districts with

  • More soil high in phosphorus weak 168 districts

Horse Gram (Kulthi) yields tend to be lower in districts with

  • More soil short of zinc weak 167 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).