Crops

Mainly crops are cultivated in two seasons namely  Rabi and Kharif. This is based on the climate and the conditions prevails in the district by the time.

• Rabi crop cultivated in Oct-Nov and cutting  in April- May , major rabi crops are Wheat, Pulses, Peas, Alsi, Masoor etc.

• Kharif farming period is June-July and cutting in Oct. Major Kharif crops are Paddy, Jowar, Bajara, Makka, Kondo, Kutki etc.

Districts Major commercial crops are Soyabean and Sugarcane, which is produced in large quantity and major source of earning. Narsinghpur is the largest producer of Soya bean in the Madhya Pradesh. Soya bean is used for oil extraction and Sugarcane for sugar and Gur.          

Soil

District has got rich black soil which is most fertile and heavy and useful for farming. Black Domat soil, smooth soil, rocky soil, and sandy soils are there in which wheat, grams and all type of pulses has been mainly produced. Kalmetahar area of the district is one of the most fertile land of Asia. Here wheat and gulabi grams are the major crops which is produced in large quantity. Gadarwara is very famous for tuwar (Arhar) pulses mainly. At district level agricultural farms, soil  experiment laboratories are there. where farmers get pesticides, best quality seeds, fertilizers and most important technical guidence.

Irrigation

Major sources for irrigation are wells, ponds, rivers, canals and tubewells. Mainly irrigation has done by tubewells.              

Teak forests found everywhere means it is very densly found all over the district. Dry wood from the forests is used in many domestic purposes and used for building construction and furniture making. In the District Tobacco leaves collection done in large scale.  and season for tabacco collection is May-June. From Tobacco leaves usually Bidies were made. In rural areas private contractors do the mahuwa collection which is used for preparing local wine.

From the forests we get Amala, Chironji, Harr, Baheda, Gum and herbs which is used for medicinal purposes. Distirct has got plenty of mango trees and having ample production. In the deep forests there are tigers, beers, monkeys, rabbits, pigs, deer, foxes, neelgay and panther.  

In the district Soap stone, dolomite, fireclay, limestone found exccesively apart from this building onstructions stone is also found near village Gontitoriya. Fireclay found mainly in Kanharpani,Bachai,Heengpani and Hiranpur hills. From various hilly areas we found Murram, crashed stones and from rivers sand which is used for construction purpose. Cement manufatured from limestone, cement pipes are prepared from cement. In village Chichali metal called peetal combination of copper and zinc utensils prepared. Chichali is very famous for these items.  

Narsinghpur being an agricultural land huge  industries are rare, also most of the industrial institutions  are agriucultural oriented. Industries  includes agricultural equipments, iron items and Tendukheda and Dangidhana is well known for these industries.

Gur/Sugar from Sugarcane :

In many places Gur has been prepared from sugarcane all over the distirct. Kareli is very famous for Gur Mandi. In Narsinghpur and Gadarwara there are sugar mills.

Beedi industry :

This work  mainly   done in Narsinghpur,Gadarwara, Gotegaon.

Daal Mills:

Tuwar(arhar) pulses prepared mainly at Narsinghpur and Gadarwara.

Oil Mills:

There are many oilmills in the distirct where Soya bean, Groundnut and Tilli oil extracted.

Apart from the above mentioned there are so many industries which includes Cement pipes, paper mills, plastic and rubber industry, leather goods manufacturing, earthen utensils and pots, poultry farms, goats farming, fish farming are the other works which is also done in many places of the district.

In the district climate is very pleasent except in summers. Except South West Mansoon rest of the year waves moves slowly. District's usual minimum temperature rests around 25-26 degree Celcius and maximum temperature rises upto 45-46 degree Celcius. May is the hottest month of the year. It is very excessive hot during summer and in the end of this season dustful storms come. When Mansoon reaches mercury goes very down. District's 90% rainfall observed in mansoon months only i.e. June to September. An average rainfall is of 60 days and measuring approximately 40 Inches. During December-January it is very cold and average temperature during day time is around 9 degree Celcius. Sometimes cold waves also occurs and heavy fog also observed.

Temperature