Khesari (Grass Pea)

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

Check it on your land
Season
Rabi
JJASONDJFMAM
100% of its area.
Ready in
120 days
about 4 months
Water
340–410 mm
over its season
Temperature
10–28 °C
0° survives 4–32 °C 40°

When to sow and harvest

Rabi 100% of its area
Today: rabi sowing time
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 Khesari (Grass Pea) 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

10–28 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 4–32 °C.

Water

340–410 mm over its season

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

Mungeli South 24 Parganas Bemetara Balod Rajnandgaon

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 4.5 to 8.3.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • 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

No mandi prices for this crop yet.

Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
2,88,877 ha
2022-23
Average yield
1.0 t/ha
2022-23
Most area
Mungeli
Chhattisgarh
Best yield
Malda
1.3 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. Mungeli, Chhattisgarh 58,593 ha
  2. South 24 Parganas, West Bengal 24,806 ha
  3. Bemetara, Chhattisgarh 24,369 ha
  4. Balod, Chhattisgarh 22,163 ha
  5. Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh 20,869 ha
  6. Purba Medinipur, West Bengal 14,555 ha
  7. Murshidabad, West Bengal 12,703 ha
  8. Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh 10,939 ha
  9. Patna, Bihar 9,162 ha
  10. Aurangabad, Bihar 9,087 ha

Khesari (Grass Pea) yield

  1. 0.4–0.5 t/ha
  2. 0.5–0.8 t/ha
  3. 0.8–1.0 t/ha
  4. 1.0–1.1 t/ha
  5. 1.1–1.3 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). 2006-07 to 2022-23.

Where yields are highest

  1. Malda, West Bengal 1.3 t/ha
  2. Bankura, West Bengal 1.3 t/ha
  3. Jehanabad, Bihar 1.3 t/ha
  4. Purulia, West Bengal 1.3 t/ha
  5. Buxar, Bihar 1.2 t/ha
  6. Patna, Bihar 1.2 t/ha
  7. Jalpaiguri, West Bengal 1.1 t/ha
  8. Cooch Behar, West Bengal 1.1 t/ha
  9. Bhojpur, Bihar 1.1 t/ha
  10. Alipurduar, West Bengal 1.1 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). 2006-07 to 2022-23.

Across India over the years

Yield (t/ha)

0.0 0.6 1.1
2006-07 2022-23
Latest 1.0 t/ha in 2022-23

Area (ha)

0.0 306K 612K
2006-07 2022-23
Latest 2,88,877 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). 2006-07 to 2022-23.

Soil and yield

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

Khesari (Grass Pea) yields tend to be higher in districts with

  • More soil high in phosphorus moderate 68 districts
  • More soil short of boron moderate 68 districts
  • More soil medium in nitrogen weak 68 districts
  • More soil low in potassium weak 68 districts

Khesari (Grass Pea) yields tend to be lower in districts with

  • More soil medium in phosphorus moderate 68 districts
  • More soil low in nitrogen moderate 68 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).