Soil
What soil tests across the district found, nutrient by nutrient.
No data yet for this district.
Climate
Rain and temperature through the year, from 24 years of weather records.
Rain
About 1,450 mm of rain a year
In a normal year. A dry year brings about 1,140 mm.
Temperature
Hottest in August: days about 31°, nights 24°
Coolest in January: days about 23°, nights 9°.
Averages for an area about 100 km across; hills and valleys can differ by several degrees.
Source: IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°).
Crops that suit Imphal West
Judged on the soil, rain and temperature here, whether or not they're grown here now. Best bets first: what each could earn an acre before costs, with risky crops moved down.
Kharif 0 good fits
No crop fits well in this season here.
Possible with effort: Chillies (Dry) Beans (Vegetable) Capsicum
Rabi 0 good fits
No crop fits well in this season here.
Possible with effort: Chillies (Dry) Ginger Muskmelon
Whole year 0 good fits
No crop fits well in this season here.
Possible with effort: Orange (Mandarin, Kinnow) Grapes Pear
What grows here
Each crop's share of the district's farmland in recent years, with its yield. Tap a crop to see it across India.
Yield against other districts
Rice
Yield is better than 26% of districts growing it.
Other Oilseeds
Yield is better than 72% of districts growing it.
Other Pulses
Yield is better than 57% of districts growing it.
Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2015-16 to 2023-24.
Compared with similar soil
What this district harvests, next to districts whose soil tests look alike.
No data yet for this district.
Who farms here
- Farms
- 21,853
- Average farm size
- 0.9 ha
- Young farmers (18–30)
- 2%
- Farmers with secondary school or more
- 78%
- Farmland that is irrigated
- 22%
- Farmers who took a bank or co-op loan
- 21%
- Farmers who had their soil tested
- 12%
- Farmers using certified seed
- 94%
- Drip or sprinkler sets per 1,000 farms
- 0
Source: Agricultural Input Survey (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2016-17.
Districts with similar soil
Places whose soil tests look most like this district's, and what they grow.
No data yet for this district.
Blocks in this district
Open a block for its soil report and the villages in it.
No block-level soil records for this district yet.