When to sow Soybean in Sikkim

A monsoon crop in Sikkim: sow in Jun–Jul, harvest in Sep–Oct. Sikkim is number 14 of the 20 states that grow it.

Season here
Kharif
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Sowing Growing Harvest

Yield in Sikkim
4.0 quintals an acre
India: 4.3 quintals an acre
Support price (MSP)
₹5,708 a quintal
2026-27
Grown here on
7,493 acres
under 1% of India's soybean

When to sow and harvest in Sikkim

Kharif 100% 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 soybean

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

Where in Sikkim it grows most

  1. 1 Namchi 4.0 quintals an acre 39% 2,886 acres
  2. 2 Pakyong 4.1 quintals an acre 29% 2,140 acres
  3. 3 Mangan 3.5 quintals an acre 10% 771 acres
  4. 4 Gangtok 4.1 quintals an acre 10% 739 acres
  5. 5 Gyalshing 3.9 quintals an acre 10% 729 acres

Soybean in other states

Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Rajasthan Karnataka Gujarat Telangana Chhattisgarh Uttar Pradesh Bihar Nagaland Andhra Pradesh Uttarakhand

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