When to sow Groundnut in Odisha

A summer crop in Odisha: sow in Jan–Feb, harvest in May–Jun. Odisha is number 11 of the 24 states that grow it.

Season here
Summer
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Sowing Growing Harvest

Yield in Odisha
8.0 quintals an acre
India: 8.0 quintals an acre
Support price (MSP)
₹7,517 a quintal
2026-27
Grown here on
1.1 lakh acres
under 1% of India's groundnut

When to sow and harvest in Odisha

Summer 61% of its area here
Kharif 32% of its area here
Today: kharif harvest
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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 groundnut

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

Where in Odisha it grows most

  1. 1 Jajpur 7.2 quintals an acre 17% 18,312 acres
  2. 2 Bargarh 7.5 quintals an acre 13% 14,374 acres
  3. 3 Malkangiri 15 quintals an acre 10% 10,433 acres
  4. 4 Puri 8.0 quintals an acre 7% 7,308 acres
  5. 5 Balangir 8.6 quintals an acre 6% 6,982 acres
  6. 6 Ganjam 7.8 quintals an acre 6% 6,057 acres
  7. 7 Nuapada 6.5 quintals an acre 5% 5,905 acres
  8. 8 Koraput 6.9 quintals an acre 5% 4,948 acres

Groundnut in other states

Gujarat Rajasthan Karnataka Madhya Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Maharashtra Uttar Pradesh Telangana West Bengal Jharkhand Chhattisgarh

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.