When to sow Maize in Assam

A winter crop in Assam: sow in Oct–Nov, harvest in Mar–Apr. Assam is number 18 of the 31 states that grow it.

Season here
Rabi
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Sowing Growing Harvest

Yield in Assam
18 quintals an acre
India: 14 quintals an acre
Support price (MSP)
₹2,410 a quintal
2026-27
Grown here on
1.9 lakh acres
under 1% of India's maize

When to sow and harvest in Assam

Rabi 57% of its area here
Kharif 43% of its area here
Today: rabi sowing time
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

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 Assam it grows most

  1. 1 Darrang 29 quintals an acre 18% 35,441 acres
  2. 2 Karbi Anglong 12 quintals an acre 12% 23,706 acres
  3. 3 Dhubri 18 quintals an acre 8% 16,098 acres
  4. 4 Marigaon 18 quintals an acre 8% 15,358 acres
  5. 5 Nagaon 19 quintals an acre 7% 13,219 acres
  6. 6 Kamrup 18 quintals an acre 6% 12,484 acres
  7. 7 Dima Hasao 12 quintals an acre 5% 10,132 acres
  8. 8 Sonitpur 13 quintals an acre 5% 8,805 acres

Maize in other states

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

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.