When to sow Potato in Assam

A winter crop in Assam: sow in Oct–Nov, harvest in Jan–Feb. Assam is number 7 of the 30 states that grow it.

Season here
Rabi
JJASONDJFMAM

Sowing Growing Harvest

Yield in Assam
30 quintals an acre
India: 101 quintals an acre
Mandi price here
₹1,850 a quintal
The middle price at 9 mandis, as of 13 Nov.
Every mandi's price →
Grown here on
2.7 lakh acres
5% of India's potato

When to sow and harvest in Assam

Rabi
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.

Where in Assam it grows most

  1. 1 Lakhimpur 23 quintals an acre 8% 21,067 acres
  2. 2 Barpeta 39 quintals an acre 7% 19,805 acres
  3. 3 Kokrajhar 42 quintals an acre 7% 18,690 acres
  4. 4 Udalguri 28 quintals an acre 7% 17,935 acres
  5. 5 Nagaon 32 quintals an acre 6% 14,953 acres
  6. 6 Baksa 29 quintals an acre 5% 12,741 acres
  7. 7 Darrang 35 quintals an acre 5% 12,738 acres
  8. 8 Sonitpur 28 quintals an acre 5% 12,516 acres

Potato in other states

Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Bihar Madhya Pradesh Gujarat Punjab 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.