When to sow Ginger in Assam

A monsoon crop in Assam: sow in Apr–May, harvest in Dec–Jan. Assam is number 4 of the 29 states that grow it.

Season here
Kharif
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Sowing Growing Harvest

Yield in Assam
39 quintals an acre
India: 49 quintals an acre
Mandi price here
₹6,000 a quintal
The middle price at 5 mandis, as of 13 Nov.
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Grown here on
47,765 acres
9% of India's ginger

When to sow and harvest in Assam

Kharif
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 ginger

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

Where in Assam it grows most

  1. 1 Dima Hasao 37 quintals an acre 23% 10,904 acres
  2. 2 Karbi Anglong 44 quintals an acre 11% 5,183 acres
  3. 3 West Karbi Anglong 41 quintals an acre 6% 2,718 acres
  4. 4 Tinsukia 34 quintals an acre 5% 2,339 acres
  5. 5 Golaghat 38 quintals an acre 4% 2,083 acres
  6. 6 Baksa 36 quintals an acre 4% 1,676 acres
  7. 7 Barpeta 34 quintals an acre 3% 1,610 acres
  8. 8 Kamrup 36 quintals an acre 3% 1,520 acres

Ginger in other states

Madhya Pradesh Karnataka Odisha Maharashtra Sikkim West Bengal Meghalaya Mizoram Gujarat Nagaland Uttarakhand Jharkhand

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