Brinjal
A monsoon crop. Sow in Jun–Jul, harvest in Nov–Dec.
Sowing Growing Harvest
When to sow and harvest
Sowing Growing Harvest
Will it grow on your land?
Pick your place and water to see:
- Whether Brinjal suits your land Good fit, possible or won't work, with the reasons.
- What it could earn an acre From yields near you and mandi prices.
- Water and fertiliser it needs Irrigations for your water, and bags for one acre.
What it needs
Temperature
Survives 9–40 °C. Frost hurts it.
Water
The check above works out its water need on your land.
Soil pH
Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 4.3 to 8.5.
Soil
- No salty soil
- Needs rich soil
- N Needs plenty of nitrogen and potassium
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°); TerraClimate 1991–2020 temperature normals (about 4 km), where each district's villages are.
Fertiliser for one acre
Draft: check with your Krishi Vigyan KendraFor most fields
Hybrids often get more
Give the DAP and MOP at sowing, and the urea in two or three doses. If your soil card says a nutrient is low, add about a quarter more of it.
Watch out for
Draft: check with your Krishi Vigyan Kendra-
Shoot and fruit borerPest
Look for
Shoot tips wilt; holes in the fruit with caterpillars inside.
What to do first
Every week, cut and destroy wilted shoots and holed fruit; use pheromone traps. Spray only on advice.
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Little leafDisease
Look for
Tiny leaves on a bushy plant that doesn't fruit.
What to do first
Pull out sick plants and control leafhoppers.
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Bacterial wiltDisease
Look for
Plants wilt suddenly while still green.
What to do first
Rotate crops; grafted plants on resistant rootstock help.
What an acre earns
At India's average yield and a recent price, named below. Your land, water and mandi will differ.
Left an acre, a season
₹97,300
- Yield India's average
- 77.6 quintals an acre
- × Price harvest price last season (Dec 2025)
- ₹2,300 a quintal
- = Income
- ₹1,78,400
- − Costs about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys
- −₹81,100
- = Left
- ₹97,300
This week brinjal sells at about ₹2,400 a quintal: India's middle price at 607 mandis, latest 12 Nov. At that price an acre would leave about ₹1,05,100 a season.
A good year or field earns about a fifth more, a poor one a fifth less: ₹1,42,700 to ₹2,14,100 income an acre. Costs stay the same either way.
Work it out for your landMandi price, month by month
Rupees a quintal, typical across India's mandis: each month's latest price (Dec 2025–Nov 2026).
Source: Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).
Where it grows in India
- Area grown in India
- 17.1 lakh acres
- 2025-26
- Average yield
- 77.6 quintals an acre (19.2 tonnes a hectare)
- 2025-26
- Most area
- West Bengal
- 24% of India's
States that grow it
Each state's share of India's production, in its latest year with figures (2025-26). Tap a state to open it.
Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).
Where it grows most
The districts with the most area in recent years. The map colours every district growing it on at least 100 ha by yield; the numbers mark these districts.
No recent district figures for this crop.