When to sow Rice in Sikkim

A monsoon crop in Sikkim: sow in Jun–Jul, harvest in Oct–Nov. Sikkim is number 31 of the 33 states that grow it.

Season here
Kharif
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Sowing Growing Harvest

Yield in Sikkim
9.1 quintals of paddy an acre
India: 18 quintals of paddy an acre
Support price (MSP)
₹2,441 a quintal of paddy
2026-27
Grown here on
17,271 acres
under 1% of India's rice

When to sow and harvest in Sikkim

Kharif 100% of its area here
Today: kharif harvest
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 rice

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

Where in Sikkim it grows most

  1. 1 Pakyong 8.9 quintals of paddy an acre 30% 5,219 acres
  2. 2 Gangtok 8.8 quintals of paddy an acre 29% 5,028 acres
  3. 3 Mangan 7.9 quintals of paddy an acre 13% 2,257 acres
  4. 4 Namchi 10 quintals of paddy an acre 12% 2,135 acres
  5. 5 Soreng 9.2 quintals of paddy an acre 10% 1,698 acres
  6. 6 Gyalshing 11 quintals of paddy an acre 5% 934 acres

Rice in other states

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

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2022-23 to 2024-25.