Turmeric

A monsoon crop. Sow in Jun–Jul, harvest in Feb–Mar.

Check it on your land
Season
Kharif
96% of its area.
Ready in
240 days
about 8 months
Water
870–980 mm
over its season
Temperature
20–28 °C
0° survives 18–32 °C 40°

When to sow and harvest

Kharif 96% of its area
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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 a place and water to see if it suits your land, and what it earns.

What it needs

Temperature

20–28 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 18–32 °C. Frost hurts it.

Water

870–980 mm over its season
Kandhamal Nizamabad Jagitial Nirmal Visakhapatnam

Worked out where most of it grows. Rain and irrigation together.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 5.5 to 7.5.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Needs rich soil
  • 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

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to watch for.

Mandi price, month by month

Best month
August, ₹10,769
Lowest
June, ₹6,583
₹6,583
₹10,769
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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
2,02,429 ha
2019-20
Average yield
6.9 t/ha
2019-20
Most area
Nizamabad
Telangana
Best yield
Dhar
28.3 t/ha

States that grow it

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

  1. Maharashtra 3,39,796 t (2025-26)
  2. Tamil Nadu 1,87,096 t (2025-26)
  3. Telangana 1,12,413 t (2025-26)
  4. Karnataka 1,06,660 t (2025-26)
  5. Madhya Pradesh 97,803 t (2025-26)
  6. Odisha 78,127 t (2025-26)
  7. Assam 62,127 t (2025-26)
  8. West Bengal 53,373 t (2025-26)
  9. Andhra Pradesh 42,498 t (2025-26)
  10. Mizoram 32,393 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.

  1. Nizamabad, Telangana 13,237 ha
  2. Kandhamal, Odisha 11,834 ha
  3. Jagitial, Telangana 10,132 ha
  4. Chamarajanagar, Karnataka 8,413 ha
  5. Nirmal, Telangana 7,038 ha
  6. Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 6,598 ha
  7. Belagavi, Karnataka 6,589 ha
  8. Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu 6,151 ha
  9. Guntur, Andhra Pradesh 5,239 ha
  10. Y.S.R. Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh 4,957 ha

Turmeric yield

  1. 0.7–1.5 t/ha
  2. 1.7–2.5 t/ha
  3. 2.5–5.6 t/ha
  4. 5.7–10.2 t/ha
  5. 10.9–28.3 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). 2000-01 to 2019-20.

Where yields are highest

  1. Dhar, Madhya Pradesh 28.3 t/ha
  2. Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh 28.0 t/ha
  3. Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh 25.6 t/ha
  4. Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 24.3 t/ha
  5. Khargone (West Nimar), Madhya Pradesh 24.3 t/ha
  6. Harda, Madhya Pradesh 24.0 t/ha
  7. Barwani, Madhya Pradesh 22.8 t/ha
  8. Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh 20.7 t/ha
  9. Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh 20.5 t/ha
  10. Katni, Madhya Pradesh 20.5 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). 2000-01 to 2019-20.

Across India over the years

Yield (t/ha)

0.0 3.7 7.3
2000-01 2019-20
Latest 6.9 t/ha in 2019-20

Area (ha)

0.0 346K 691K
2000-01 2019-20
Latest 2,02,429 ha in 2019-20

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). 2000-01 to 2019-20.

Soil and yield

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

  • Districts with more soil that is neutral tend to have higher turmeric yields (moderate pattern, 165 districts).
  • Districts with more soil that is acidic tend to have lower turmeric yields (moderate pattern, 165 districts).
  • Districts with more soil short of iron tend to have higher turmeric yields (moderate pattern, 162 districts).
  • Districts with more soil that is alkaline tend to have higher turmeric yields (moderate pattern, 165 districts).
  • Districts with more soil low in potassium tend to have lower turmeric yields (moderate pattern, 165 districts).
  • Districts with more soil short of boron tend to have lower turmeric yields (moderate pattern, 165 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).