Sweet Potato

A monsoon crop. Sow in Jun–Jul, harvest in Oct–Nov.

Check it on your land
Season
Kharif
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81% of its area. Also grown in rabi.
Ready in
120 days
about 4 months
Water
480–560 mm
over its season
Temperature
18–28 °C
0° survives 10–38 °C 40°

When to sow and harvest

Kharif 81% of its area
Rabi 19% of its area
Today: kharif harvest
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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 Sweet Potato 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

18–28 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 10–38 °C. Frost hurts it.

Water

480–560 mm over its season

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

Ganjam Koraput Kasganj Kendujhar Sundargarh

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 4 to 8.7.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Needs rich soil
  • N Needs plenty of nitrogen and potassium
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

Best month
September, ₹2,775
Lowest
January, ₹1,850
₹1,850
₹2,775
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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
36,453 ha
2022-23
Average yield
9.7 t/ha
2022-23
Most area
Ganjam
Odisha
Best yield
Sikar
29.7 t/ha

States that grow it

Production in each state's latest year with figures (2025-26).

  1. Odisha 3.4 lakh t
  2. Uttar Pradesh 3.3 lakh t
  3. Gujarat 2.3 lakh t
  4. West Bengal 1.7 lakh t
  5. Madhya Pradesh 1.3 lakh t
  6. Karnataka 1.2 lakh t
  7. Andhra Pradesh 56,592 t
  8. Chhattisgarh 56,583 t
  9. Jharkhand 48,046 t
  10. Bihar 44,767 t

Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).

Districts with the most area (recent figures)

The map colours each district by yield, for districts growing it on at least 100 ha.

  1. Ganjam, Odisha 7,435 ha
  2. Koraput, Odisha 5,036 ha
  3. Belagavi, Karnataka 3,934 ha
  4. Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh 3,106 ha
  5. Balangir, Odisha 3,048 ha
  6. Sundargarh, Odisha 3,008 ha
  7. Kendujhar, Odisha 2,896 ha
  8. Dhenkanal, Odisha 2,616 ha
  9. Mayurbhanj, Odisha 2,492 ha
  10. Gajapati, Odisha 2,097 ha

Sweet Potato yield

  1. 1.5–5.7 t/ha
  2. 5.8–8.4 t/ha
  3. 8.4–9.0 t/ha
  4. 9.0–11.8 t/ha
  5. 11.8–29.7 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). 2004-05 to 2022-23.

Where yields are highest

  1. Sikar, Rajasthan 29.7 t/ha
  2. Sehore, Madhya Pradesh 28.2 t/ha
  3. Sagar, Madhya Pradesh 27.4 t/ha
  4. Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh 22.7 t/ha
  5. Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh 22.2 t/ha
  6. Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh 20.6 t/ha
  7. Alluri Sitharama Raju, Andhra Pradesh 18.8 t/ha
  8. Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh 18.4 t/ha
  9. Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh 17.5 t/ha
  10. Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh 17.3 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). 2004-05 to 2022-23.

Across India over the years

Yield (t/ha)

8.2 9.6 10.9
2004-05 2022-23
Latest 9.7 t/ha in 2022-23

Area (ha)

0.0 54K 109K
2004-05 2022-23
Latest 36,453 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). 2004-05 to 2022-23.

Soil and yield

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

Sweet Potato yields tend to be higher in districts with

  • More soil that is neutral strong 124 districts
  • More soil that is alkaline moderate 124 districts
  • More soil low in nitrogen moderate 124 districts
  • More soil that is salty moderate 124 districts

Sweet Potato yields tend to be lower in districts with

  • More soil that is acidic strong 124 districts
  • More soil high in organic carbon moderate 124 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).