Tamarind

Check it on your land
Temperature
20–35 °C
0° survives 12–45 °C 40°

Will it grow on your land?

Water
Season

Pick a place and water to see if it suits your land, and what it earns.

What it needs

Temperature

20–35 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 12–45 °C. Frost hurts it.

Water

The check above works out its water need on your land.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes slightly acidic soil. Grows from pH 4.5 to 8.5.

Soil

  • Copes with salty soil
  • Ordinary farm soil is fine
  • K Needs plenty of potassium and sulphur
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

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Mandi price, month by month

Best month
November, ₹8,250
Lowest
June, ₹3,488
₹3,488
₹8,250
J F M A M J J A S O N D

Rupees a quintal, typical across India's mandis.

Source: Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).

Where it grows in India

Largest grower
Tamil Nadu
2025-26

States that grow it

Latest state figures for fruits, vegetables, spices and plantation crops.

  1. Tamil Nadu 40,000 t (2025-26)
  2. Kerala 27,452 t (2025-26)
  3. Andhra Pradesh 18,192 t (2025-26)
  4. Madhya Pradesh 10,886 t (2025-26)
  5. Gujarat 6,188 t (2025-26)
  6. Karnataka 5,922 t (2025-26)
  7. Maharashtra 2,542 t (2025-26)
  8. Puducherry 380 t (2025-26)
  9. Nagaland 154 t (2025-26)
  10. Telangana 55 t (2025-26)

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.

No recent district figures for this crop.