20 Kharif Crops Name

What are 10 Kharif crops?

 

kharif crops name

Kharif Crops Examples

 

Here are 20 common Kharif crops, which are typically sown during the monsoon season in India and other similar regions:

 

    1. Rice

    2. Maize (corn)

    3. Sorghum (jowar)

    4. Pearl millet (bajra)

    5. Finger millet (ragi)

    6. Groundnut (peanut)

    7. Soybean

    8. Cotton

    9. Sugarcane

    10. Turmeric

    11. Red gram (arhar/tur)

    12. Black gram (urad)

    13. Green gram (moong)

    14. Sunflower

    15. Jute

    16. Cowpea (lobia)

    17. Pigeon pea (toor)

    18. Foxtail millet (kangni)

    19. Proso millet (cheena)

    20. Safflower

 

Kharif crops are mainly monsoon dependent crops, because in Kharif crops the crop requires more supply of water. Therefore, Kharif crop mainly depends on monsoon. Kharif crops are generally sown in summer time between June and September. And its harvesting is done in autumn. Indian economy is an agricultural economy, Kharif crop in India holds a very important place for agriculture and food production.