Other Pulses

Check it on your land
Season
Kharif
JJASONDJFMAM
51% of its area. Also grown in rabi.

When to sow and harvest

Kharif 51% of its area
Rabi 49% 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.

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Water
Season

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  • Whether Other Pulses 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.

Fertiliser for one acre

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Watch out for

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Mandi price, month by month

No mandi prices for this crop yet.

Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
28,09,697 ha
2023-24
Average yield
0.8 t/ha
2023-24
Most area
Bikaner
Rajasthan
Best yield
Chittorgarh
8.2 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. Bikaner, Rajasthan 3,88,495 ha
  2. Churu, Rajasthan 2,06,720 ha
  3. Barmer, Rajasthan 1,42,869 ha
  4. Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh 99,772 ha
  5. Balotra, Rajasthan 96,223 ha
  6. Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh 89,262 ha
  7. Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh 74,224 ha
  8. Mandya, Karnataka 65,703 ha
  9. Mysuru, Karnataka 56,896 ha
  10. Satara, Maharashtra 42,893 ha

Other Pulses yield

  1. 0.0–0.5 t/ha
  2. 0.5–0.8 t/ha
  3. 0.8–1.0 t/ha
  4. 1.0–1.3 t/ha
  5. 1.3–8.2 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). 2023-24.

Where yields are highest

  1. Chittorgarh, Rajasthan 8.2 t/ha
  2. Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 3.8 t/ha
  3. Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh 3.7 t/ha
  4. Solan, Himachal Pradesh 3.6 t/ha
  5. Bundi, Rajasthan 3.5 t/ha
  6. East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya 3.4 t/ha
  7. Deeg, Rajasthan 3.1 t/ha
  8. Ajmer, Rajasthan 2.9 t/ha
  9. Nalgonda, Telangana 2.8 t/ha
  10. Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh 2.7 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). 2023-24.

Across India over the years

Yield (t/ha)

0.8 1.3 1.8
2023-24 2023-24
Latest 0.8 t/ha in 2023-24

Area (ha)

2.8M 2.8M 2.8M
2023-24 2023-24
Latest 28,09,697 ha in 2023-24

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). 2023-24.

Soil and yield

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

Other Pulses yields tend to be higher in districts with

  • More soil medium in potassium weak 537 districts

Other Pulses yields tend to be lower in districts with

  • More soil high in potassium weak 537 districts
  • More soil short of zinc weak 534 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).