Drip system estimator

How much drip pipe for your field?

Tell us the crop and how many acres. We’ll say which method suits it, how many metres of pipe that works out to, and what the parts cost — at our published MRP, GST included.

CropArea (acres)

Best for cotton

Drip irrigation

Wide, well-spaced rows and a long season — inline drip on every row pays back fastest here.

Worked on 0.9–1.2 m row spacing and a square field. A rule of thumb to budget with — slope, field shape, water source and pump all change the final layout.

Pipe needed

3,855 metres

Estimated cost

₹36,672

GST included

Part	Qty	Rate	Amount
Inline Drip pipe Aquaflow series 16 MM 3,855 m of lateral ÷ 500 m per coil	8	₹4,4825% GST	₹35,856
Poly TakeUp VIRGIN 16 MM one start connector per lateral Boxed 100 to a box	61	₹65% GST	₹366
Poly End Cap VIRGIN 16 MM one end cap per lateral Boxed 100 to a box	61	₹65% GST	₹366
Poly Joiner VIRGIN 16 MM coil joins plus a 10% spare for repairs Boxed 100 to a box	14	₹65% GST	₹84

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An estimate to budget with, not a design. Mainline and submain from the pump to the field are sized separately — tell us your pump and we’ll work those out with you.

Where these numbers come from

ICAR (opens in a new tab)
Indian Council of Agricultural Research — crop agronomy and regional package-of-practices.
Bureau of Indian Standards (opens in a new tab)
The IS specifications irrigation pipe and fittings are manufactured and tested against.
PMKSY — Per Drop More Crop (opens in a new tab)
The central micro-irrigation scheme. Subsidy rates and eligibility are set here, not by suppliers.