When to sow Maize in Odisha

A monsoon crop in Odisha: sow in Jun–Jul, harvest in Sep–Oct. Odisha is number 17 of the 31 states that grow it.

Season here
Kharif
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Sowing Growing Harvest

Yield in Odisha
12 quintals an acre
India: 14 quintals an acre
Mandi price here
₹2,200 a quintal
The middle price at 2 mandis, as of 11 Nov.
Every mandi's price →
Grown here on
2.2 lakh acres
under 1% of India's maize

When to sow and harvest in Odisha

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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 Odisha it grows most

  1. 1 Nabarangpur 14 quintals an acre 55% 1.2 lakh acres
  2. 2 Gajapati 9.7 quintals an acre 17% 37,628 acres
  3. 3 Koraput 9.9 quintals an acre 7% 15,945 acres
  4. 4 Rayagada 7.4 quintals an acre 3% 7,035 acres
  5. 5 Nuapada 8.7 quintals an acre 3% 6,418 acres
  6. 6 Kalahandi 8.5 quintals an acre 3% 5,527 acres
  7. 7 Balangir 14 quintals an acre 2% 4,861 acres
  8. 8 Kendujhar 12 quintals an acre 2% 4,701 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.