Maize
Sow in October, harvest around January
Still sowing time: sow by the end of November.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across India.
₹9,000–₹14,000
per acre a season, before costs
Likely a loss at typical costs: ₹8,000–₹13,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Doesn't suit: Too cold here in this season
- Not known: No soil data
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 180 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 40 mm it can use in a normal year (10 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 200 mm from the monsoon at sowing.
Temperature
Grows best at 18–33 °C on average, and survives 10–47 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Oct 23 °C / 13 °C
- Nov 20 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Dec 16 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 15 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
Nights in December can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.
Soil
Likes pH 5.0–7.0. We have no pH figures for this place.
Money
Yield: about 6.4 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹1,824 a quintal across India's mandis.
This week: about ₹2,700 a quintal, the middle of 495 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹5,000 a season at typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹2,410 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹1,580 2021
- ₹2,020 2022
- ₹2,010 2023
- ₹2,230 2024
- ₹2,150 2025
Prices are usually best in November.
Typical costs are about ₹22,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.