Lime (Kagzi)
Will it grow on your land?
Pick your place and water to see:
- Whether Lime (Kagzi) 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
Survives 13–38 °C. Frost hurts it.
Water
The check above works out its water need on your land.
Soil pH
Likes slightly acidic soil. Grows from pH 4.8 to 8.3.
Soil
- No salty soil
- Ordinary farm soil is fine
- K Needs plenty of potassium, zinc, iron and boron
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°); TerraClimate 1991–2020 temperature normals (about 4 km), where each district's villages are.
Fertiliser for one acre
Watch out for
Mandi price, month by month
Rupees a quintal, typical across India's mandis. Average of 2021–2025.
Source: Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).
Where it grows in India
Government figures count lime and lemon together, so the figures below include lemon.
- Area grown in India
- 66,672 acres
- 2014-15
- Average yield
- 26 quintals an acre (6.4 tonnes a hectare)
- 2014-15
States that grow it
Each state's share of India's production, in its latest year with figures (2025-26). Tap a state to open it.
Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).
Where it grows most
The districts with the most area in recent years. The map colours every district growing it on at least 100 ha by yield; the numbers mark these districts.
No recent district figures for this crop.
Across India over the years
Yield across India, quintals an acre
Area sown across India, acres
Years run July to June. 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). 2012-13 to 2014-15.