Your plan for Gaya

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 130 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 12–26 °C on average, and survives 10–37 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Nov 29 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 25 °C / 11 °C

Soil

Soil for Radish: 10 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 39 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹900 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in August.

Typical costs are about ₹17,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 2 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 210 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 16–25 °C on average, and survives 7–32 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Nov 29 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 25 °C / 11 °C
• Jan 23 °C / 10 °C

Soil

Soil for Beans (Vegetable): 10 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 40 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

On rain alone it gets about 71% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 71% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹3,989 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices are usually best in June.

Typical costs are about ₹86,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 300 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 10 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–29 °C on average, and survives 5–32 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Oct 32 °C / 22 °C
• Nov 29 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 25 °C / 11 °C
• Jan 23 °C / 10 °C

Soil

Soil for Lentil (Masoor): 10 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 3.6 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹6,027 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹6,950 a quintal, the middle of 10 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹10,000 a season after typical costs.

Minimum support price: ₹7,390 a quintal (2027-28), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹16,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 1 irrigation (5 cm) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 190 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 22–35 °C on average, and survives 8–40 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Nov 29 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 25 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 23 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Urad (Black Gram): 10 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 5.5–6.5.

Money

Yield: about 3.8 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

On rain alone it gets about 79% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 79% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹6,389 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹7,850 a quintal, the middle of 172 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹9,000 a season after typical costs.

Minimum support price: ₹8,200 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹14,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 270 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 10 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–29 °C on average, and survives 7–35 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Oct 32 °C / 22 °C
• Nov 29 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 25 °C / 11 °C
• Jan 23 °C / 10 °C

Soil

Soil for Gram (Chana): 10 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 6.0–8.5.

Money

Yield: about 4.2 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹5,171 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹7,000 a quintal, the middle of 268 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹11,000 a season after typical costs.

Minimum support price: ₹5,958 a quintal (2027-28), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹19,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 1 irrigation (5 cm) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 170 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 21–36 °C on average, and survives 8–40 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Nov 29 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 25 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 23 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Moong (Green Gram): 10 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 6.2–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 2.7 quintals an acre here in its other seasons (district figures).

On rain alone it gets about 90% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 90% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹6,217 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹8,050 a quintal, the middle of 152 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹5,000 a season after typical costs.

Minimum support price: ₹8,780 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in October.

Typical costs are about ₹14,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 5 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 390 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–25 °C on average, and survives 5–27 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Nov 29 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 25 °C / 11 °C
• Jan 23 °C / 10 °C
• Feb 28 °C / 13 °C
• Mar 34 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Days in March get hotter than it likes. Time sowing so it flowers before then.

Soil

Soil for Wheat: 10 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 6.0–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 11 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (March 2026): about ₹2,480 a quintal across mandis in your state.

This week: about ₹2,650 a quintal, the middle of 5 mandis in your state (latest 10 Nov).

Minimum support price: ₹2,610 a quintal (2027-28), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹19,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 310 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 10 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–25 °C on average, and survives 7–30 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Oct 32 °C / 22 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 29 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 25 °C / 11 °C
• Jan 23 °C / 10 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Potato: 10 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 5.0–6.2.

Money

Yield: about 60 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹1,100 a quintal across mandis in your state.

This week: about ₹1,200 a quintal, the middle of 33 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov).

Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.

Prices are usually best in December.

Typical costs are about ₹56,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 300 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 10 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–28 °C on average, and survives 7–40 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Oct 32 °C / 22 °C
• Nov 29 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 25 °C / 11 °C
• Jan 23 °C / 10 °C
• Feb 28 °C / 13 °C

Soil

Soil for Rapeseed & Mustard: 10 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of boron, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 6.0–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 4.1 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (February–March 2026): about ₹5,975 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹8,200 a quintal, the middle of 171 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Minimum support price: ₹6,613 a quintal (2027-28), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹20,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 5 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 0 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 15–20 °C on average, and survives 2–40 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Nov 29 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 25 °C / 11 °C
• Jan 23 °C / 10 °C
• Feb 28 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 34 °C / 18 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Barley: 10 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 6.5–8.5.

Money

Yield: about 6.9 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (March–April 2026): about ₹2,112 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹2,825 a quintal, the middle of 20 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Minimum support price: ₹2,286 a quintal (2027-28), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹18,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.

Water

Rain falls about 3 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 270 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain in its months gives about 10 mm it can use in a normal year (0 mm in a dry one), and the soil holds about 150 mm from the monsoon at sowing.

Temperature

Grows best at 18–33 °C on average, and survives 10–47 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Oct 32 °C / 22 °C
• Nov 29 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 25 °C / 11 °C
• Jan 23 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Maize: 10 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 5.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 27 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹1,824 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹2,700 a quintal, the middle of 495 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Minimum support price: ₹2,410 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.

Prices are usually best in November.

Typical costs are about ₹22,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.