When to sow Maize in Bihar

A winter crop in Bihar: sow in Oct–Nov, harvest in Mar–Apr. Bihar is number 6 of the 31 states that grow it.

Season here
Rabi
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Sowing Growing Harvest

Yield in Bihar
24 quintals an acre
India: 14 quintals an acre
Mandi price here
₹2,400 a quintal
The middle price at 1 mandi, as of 10 Nov.
Every mandi's price →
Grown here on
19.5 lakh acres
7% of India's maize

When to sow and harvest in Bihar

Rabi 54% of its area here
Kharif 24% of its area here
Summer 22% of its area here
Today: rabi sowing time
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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

Sown it? Follow it week by week

Each watering, each dose of urea for your acres, and the pest to look for now.

Will it grow on your land?

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

How to grow maize

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

Where in Bihar it grows most

  1. 1 Purnia 33 quintals an acre 11% 2.2 lakh acres
  2. 2 Katihar 33 quintals an acre 10% 2.0 lakh acres
  3. 3 Begusarai 16 quintals an acre 9% 1.8 lakh acres
  4. 4 Araria 36 quintals an acre 9% 1.8 lakh acres
  5. 5 Samastipur 18 quintals an acre 8% 1.6 lakh acres
  6. 6 Khagaria 21 quintals an acre 7% 1.4 lakh acres
  7. 7 Bhagalpur 18 quintals an acre 5% 1.0 lakh acres
  8. 8 Purbi Champaran 12 quintals an acre 5% 98,693 acres

Maize in other states

Karnataka Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Telangana Tamil Nadu Gujarat West Bengal Andhra Pradesh Jammu And Kashmir Jharkhand

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.