When to sow Rice in Bihar

A monsoon crop in Bihar: sow in Jun–Jul, harvest in Oct–Nov. Bihar is number 8 of the 33 states that grow it.

Season here
Kharif
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Sowing Growing Harvest

Yield in Bihar
15 quintals of paddy an acre
India: 18 quintals of paddy an acre
Mandi price here
₹2,400 a quintal of paddy
The middle price at 1 mandi, as of 10 Nov.
Every mandi's price →
Grown here on
76.1 lakh acres
6% of India's rice

When to sow and harvest in Bihar

Kharif 98% of its area here
Today: kharif harvest
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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 rice

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

Where in Bihar it grows most

  1. 1 Rohtas 25 quintals of paddy an acre 7% 5.3 lakh acres
  2. 2 Purbi Champaran 10 quintals of paddy an acre 7% 5.0 lakh acres
  3. 3 Madhubani 11 quintals of paddy an acre 6% 4.2 lakh acres
  4. 4 Aurangabad 22 quintals of paddy an acre 5% 4.0 lakh acres
  5. 5 Kaimur (Bhabua) 21 quintals of paddy an acre 4% 3.3 lakh acres
  6. 6 Muzaffarpur 9.4 quintals of paddy an acre 4% 3.1 lakh acres
  7. 7 Pashchim Champaran 16 quintals of paddy an acre 4% 3.1 lakh acres
  8. 8 Nalanda 18 quintals of paddy an acre 3% 2.7 lakh acres

Rice in other states

Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Telangana Chhattisgarh Odisha Madhya Pradesh Punjab Assam Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra Jharkhand

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.