Peas & Beans (Dry)
A winter crop. Sow in Oct–Nov, harvest in Feb–Mar.
When to sow and harvest
Will it grow on your land?
Pick your place and water to see:
- Whether Peas & Beans (Dry) 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 4–30 °C.
Water
Rain and irrigation together, worked out where most of it grows:
Soil pH
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
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
Watch out for
Mandi price, month by month
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
- 7,80,394 ha
- 2022-23
- Average yield
- 1.4 t/ha
- 2022-23
- Most area
- Jalaun
- Uttar Pradesh
- Best yield
- Jind
- 14.3 t/ha
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.
- 1 Jalaun Uttar Pradesh 11% 78,877 ha
- 2 Jhansi Uttar Pradesh 10% 73,959 ha
- 3 Lalitpur Uttar Pradesh 8.6% 61,605 ha
- 4 Mahoba Uttar Pradesh 4.3% 30,861 ha
- 5 Chhatarpur Madhya Pradesh 3.0% 21,737 ha
- 6 Hamirpur Uttar Pradesh 1.7% 12,016 ha
- 7 Datia Madhya Pradesh 1.5% 10,483 ha
- 8 Ranchi Jharkhand 1.3% 9,144 ha
- 9 Jaipur Rajasthan 1.3% 9,059 ha
- 10 Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh 1.2% 8,572 ha
Peas & Beans (Dry) yield
- 0.3–0.8 t/ha
- 0.8–1.0 t/ha
- 1.0–1.2 t/ha
- 1.2–1.6 t/ha
- 1.6–14.3 t/ha
1 Numbers match the list: the districts with the most area.
Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2011-12 to 2022-23.
Where yields are highest
Districts growing it on at least 100 ha, against the average across India. The line runs from India's average to each district.
- Jind Haryana 14.3 t/ha 9.7× India
- Hanumangarh Rajasthan 13.2 t/ha 8.9× India
- Bhiwani Haryana 12.8 t/ha 8.7× India
- Yamunanagar Haryana 12.5 t/ha 8.4× India
- Hisar Haryana 12.2 t/ha 8.2× India
- Gurugram Haryana 10.1 t/ha 6.8× India
- Rohtak Haryana 9.3 t/ha 6.3× India
- Palwal Haryana 9.1 t/ha 6.2× India
- Sonipat Haryana 9.1 t/ha 6.1× India
- Ambala Haryana 9.1 t/ha 6.1× India
Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2011-12 to 2022-23.
Across India over the years
Yield (t/ha)
Area (ha)
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). 2011-12 to 2022-23.
Soil and yield
How district soil tests line up with this crop's yields across India.
Peas & Beans (Dry) yields tend to be higher in districts with
- More soil low in nitrogen weak 357 districts
- More soil short of iron weak 367 districts
Peas & Beans (Dry) yields tend to be lower in districts with
- More soil medium in nitrogen weak 357 districts
- More soil that is acidic weak 368 districts
- More soil medium in organic carbon weak 368 districts
- More soil high in organic carbon weak 368 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).