Jackfruit

Planted once, harvested year after year.

Check it on your land
Season
Whole year
100% of its area.
Water
1,210–1,250 mm
over its season
Temperature
20–30 °C
0° survives 16–34 °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 a place and water to see if it suits your land, and what it earns.

What it needs

Temperature

20–30 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 16–34 °C. Frost hurts it.

Water

1,210–1,250 mm over its season
Idukki Kozhikode Kannur Malappuram Wayanad

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

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 4.3 to 8.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Ordinary farm soil is fine
  • K Needs plenty of potassium, zinc 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

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
January, ₹2,800
Lowest
June, ₹1,510
₹2,800
₹1,510
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
95,873 ha
2003-04
Average yield
0.3 t/ha
2003-04

States that grow it

Latest state figures for fruits, vegetables, spices and plantation crops.

  1. Kerala 25,63,984 t (2025-26)
  2. Andhra Pradesh 4,70,160 t (2025-26)
  3. Odisha 3,21,840 t (2025-26)
  4. Assam 2,48,349 t (2025-26)
  5. West Bengal 2,31,441 t (2025-26)
  6. Chhattisgarh 2,15,890 t (2025-26)
  7. Madhya Pradesh 2,04,833 t (2025-26)
  8. Tamil Nadu 1,56,583 t (2025-26)
  9. Jharkhand 1,52,139 t (2025-26)
  10. Tripura 1,37,692 t (2025-26)

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.

No recent district figures for this crop.

Across India over the years

Yield (t/ha)

0.3 0.3 0.3
2002-03 2003-04
Latest 0.3 t/ha in 2003-04

Area (ha)

96K 96K 96K
2002-03 2003-04
Latest 95,873 ha in 2003-04

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). 2002-03 & 2003-04.