When to sow Garlic in Bihar

A winter crop in Bihar: sow in Oct, harvest in Mar. Bihar is number 15 of the 26 states that grow it.

Season here
Rabi
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Sowing Growing Harvest

Yield in Bihar
6.8 quintals an acre
India: 34 quintals an acre
Mandi price here
₹9,900 a quintal
The middle price at 1 mandi, as of 13 Nov.
Every mandi's price →
Grown here on
3,687 acres
under 1% of India's garlic

When to sow and harvest in Bihar

Rabi
Today
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 garlic

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

Where in Bihar it grows most

  1. 1 Kishanganj 6.1 quintals an acre 15% 615 acres
  2. 2 Samastipur 6.2 quintals an acre 15% 613 acres
  3. 3 Katihar 6.1 quintals an acre 9% 391 acres
  4. 4 Supaul 6.2 quintals an acre 8% 344 acres
  5. 5 Siwan 6.3 quintals an acre 7% 314 acres
  6. 6 Araria 5.9 quintals an acre 7% 313 acres

Garlic in other states

Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Gujarat Odisha Assam Punjab Himachal Pradesh West Bengal Maharashtra Haryana Uttarakhand

Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2025-26.