When to sow Barley in Uttarakhand

A winter crop in Uttarakhand: sow in Nov, harvest in Apr. Uttarakhand is number 4 of the 14 states that grow it.

Season here
Rabi
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Sowing Growing Harvest

Yield in Uttarakhand
5.6 quintals an acre
India: 12 quintals an acre
Support price (MSP)
₹2,286 a quintal
2027-28
Grown here on
44,371 acres
3% of India's barley

When to sow and harvest in Uttarakhand

Rabi 100% of its area here
Today: rabi sowing time
J J A S O N D J F M A M
Sow Growing Harvest
The year starts in June, with the monsoon. Your district can shift a few weeks.

Before you sow

Will it grow on your land?

Check it against your village's soil, rain and water.

How to grow barley

Fertiliser for one acre, pests, and what an acre can earn.

Where in Uttarakhand it grows most

  1. 1 Pauri Garhwal 5.5 quintals an acre 18% 7,879 acres
  2. 2 Pithoragarh 6.5 quintals an acre 17% 7,408 acres
  3. 3 Almora 4.1 quintals an acre 16% 7,078 acres
  4. 4 Tehri Garhwal 5.8 quintals an acre 11% 5,061 acres
  5. 5 Chamoli 5.9 quintals an acre 10% 4,627 acres
  6. 6 Rudraprayag 5.1 quintals an acre 9% 3,915 acres
  7. 7 Bageshwar 5.4 quintals an acre 5% 2,394 acres
  8. 8 Nainital 5.6 quintals an acre 4% 1,905 acres

Barley in other states

Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Ladakh Haryana Bihar Jammu And Kashmir Punjab Karnataka

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2020-21 to 2024-25.