When to sow Potato in Bihar

A winter crop in Bihar: sow in Oct–Nov, harvest in Jan–Feb. Bihar is number 3 of the 30 states that grow it.

Season here
Rabi
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Sowing Growing Harvest

Yield in Bihar
96 quintals an acre
India: 101 quintals an acre
Mandi price here
₹1,200 a quintal
The middle price at 33 mandis, as of 13 Nov.
Every mandi's price →
Grown here on
8.1 lakh acres
14% of India's potato

When to sow and harvest in Bihar

Rabi 100% 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 potato

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

Potato in other states

Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Madhya Pradesh Gujarat Punjab Assam Jharkhand Haryana Odisha Chhattisgarh Meghalaya Uttarakhand

Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2025-26.