When to sow Maize in Uttarakhand

A monsoon crop in Uttarakhand: sow in Jun–Jul, harvest in Sep–Oct. Uttarakhand is number 24 of the 31 states that grow it.

Season here
Kharif
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Sowing Growing Harvest

Yield in Uttarakhand
9.8 quintals an acre
India: 14 quintals an acre
Support price (MSP)
₹2,410 a quintal
2026-27
Grown here on
45,979 acres
under 1% of India's maize

When to sow and harvest in Uttarakhand

Kharif 98% of its area here
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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 Uttarakhand it grows most

  1. 1 Dehradun 13 quintals an acre 29% 13,370 acres
  2. 2 Nainital 10 quintals an acre 14% 6,538 acres
  3. 3 Pithoragarh 6.5 quintals an acre 14% 6,408 acres
  4. 4 Pauri Garhwal 7.8 quintals an acre 10% 4,496 acres
  5. 5 Almora 6.5 quintals an acre 10% 4,483 acres
  6. 6 Tehri Garhwal 8.8 quintals an acre 9% 4,006 acres
  7. 7 Champawat 11 quintals an acre 3% 1,422 acres
  8. 8 Uttarkashi 12 quintals an acre 3% 1,218 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.