When to sow Wheat in Bihar

A winter crop in Bihar: sow in Nov–Dec, harvest in Mar–Apr. Bihar is number 6 of the 29 states that grow it.

Season here
Rabi
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Sowing Growing Harvest

Yield in Bihar
12 quintals an acre
India: 15 quintals an acre
Mandi price here
₹2,550 a quintal
The middle price at 3 mandis, as of 10 Nov.
Every mandi's price →
Grown here on
55.7 lakh acres
7% of India's wheat

When to sow and harvest in Bihar

Rabi 100% of its area here
Today: rabi sowing time
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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 wheat

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

Where in Bihar it grows most

  1. 1 Rohtas 14 quintals an acre 9% 5.0 lakh acres
  2. 2 Muzaffarpur 11 quintals an acre 6% 3.1 lakh acres
  3. 3 Purbi Champaran 12 quintals an acre 5% 2.9 lakh acres
  4. 4 Bhojpur 13 quintals an acre 5% 2.8 lakh acres
  5. 5 Kaimur (Bhabua) 13 quintals an acre 5% 2.7 lakh acres
  6. 6 Aurangabad 9.7 quintals an acre 5% 2.6 lakh acres
  7. 7 Sitamarhi 12 quintals an acre 4% 2.3 lakh acres
  8. 8 Siwan 13 quintals an acre 4% 2.2 lakh acres

Wheat in other states

Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Punjab Rajasthan Haryana Gujarat Maharashtra Himachal Pradesh Uttarakhand Jammu And Kashmir Jharkhand West Bengal

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.